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I don't think we'd be having such a huge problem with CO2 emmissions if we weren't simultaneously supporting mass deforestation. ]]>Jul 3rd 2008 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/
When you say we who are you including?

If you are talking about Americans -- most American paper products are produced by companies who cut from well controlled forests.

If you mean the globe -- it really is hard to push China (where a good chunk of the world's deforestation happens) or South American countries into anything.

When it really comes down to it "putting our money where our mouth is" is the best message a company or country can send.]]>Jul 3rd 2008 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.darksky.org]]>Nov 15th 2008 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/
hehe...erect... hahhaaa..]]>Jul 3rd 2008 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 3:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 3:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 4:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 1:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 1:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/
I bet $1000 that this billboard is still hook up to the power grid so when when New York City has a couple of cloudy winter days it'll stay on.

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i do not know if you are being sarcastic, but when has ANYTHING ever been carbon free construction? Every single thing that you will ever build will have a carbon impact.


sure it is one small step. however, nothing has ever spread so fast over the world that it has a giant impact over night. this is to set an example. i have seen more and more wind based operations, and it is a good thing.

just like anything, it will be an accelerating curve of green things. right now we are below the heel of the curve. however, soon (within the next 10 years) it will skyrocket.

being a pessimist and saying "uh, that wont work. that still makes carbon. boo hoo. i want something that is carbon free now." doesnt do any good. you are not benefiting anyone and are a detriment to society.

so unless you have a miraculous energy saving/producing device, stop being so hard on companies that are trying to go green. it will take a long time, however you only delay it when you ridicule companies that are trying to do it.]]>Jul 3rd 2008 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 2:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/
I see. Sort of.
Isn't the sign illuminated itself? Or just the floodlights provide illumination? If the sign is illuminated, why the floodlights? I'm probably missing something here.

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we walked through there yesterday and were thinkin the same thing!]]>Jul 3rd 2008 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/]]>Jul 3rd 2008 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/
instead of complaining at a company that is doing something green, why not complain to companies that are blatently doing nothing.

this can only BENEFIT people.

another company sees all the positive publicity Ricoh gets, and they do something green. then another company, and another until it is expected of them.]]>Jul 3rd 2008 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/
The positive publicity of one billboard? Its not like they cut the power usage of their production facilities by 30%. This is all a big hey look at us, we're green, wink, wink, nudge, nudge, publicity ploy. All they are going to encourage is the next company to come up with an ever further out there idea to steal the green spot light for 15 seconds. You know how they could have made a bigger impact, buy the space and leave it vacant. Make a press release about how they are cutting back the global impact that marketing makes.

As for my own green policy, I car pool, but that really has more to do with green in my pocket, more than green policy. Which is exactly what it means to these companies. Companies are in the business of making money, the only reason they would take a green approach is because they figure they can cash in on the green train. Its the same thing business has been doing since the beginning of time, say one thing and do another.]]>Jul 3rd 2008 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/
you dont care that they worked hard to make all their plants zero wastes, that their offices are set up to be very energy efficient, that they work to make their products more energy efficient, or that they spend to make environmental education far reaching. This is just another stepping stone in their history of going green. the only thing you cared about was being a bad-ass and wrongly ridiculing a company.

you decided to judge the company quickly on one article. ]]>Jul 3rd 2008 3:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/
but ricoh as the post below me points out dedicates many efforts to forest conservation, green buildings, zero waste manufacturing and a lot more. ]]>Jul 3rd 2008 3:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 3:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 5:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/Jul 3rd 2008 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/03/ricoh-erecting-47-x-126-foot-solar-and-wind-powered-billboard-in/
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