Carbon-neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 through carbonfund.org (2007)
project history · status: last documented in 2007 (looked back on in 2011) · last event: milestone (2007-10-12) · last mentioned: 2011-02-23
In April 2007 John made Brotherhood 2.0 carbon neutral by donating $2.75 to carbonfund.org, and in October 2007 he spent $63 to offset its emissions again. In 2011 he recalculated Nerdfighteria's emissions and declined to pay the $5,000 to offset them.
Part of: Brotherhood 2.0: the 2007 year of daily video letters
About: Carbonfund.org, carbon offset, climate change, Brotherhood 2.0
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-04-20 | launched | John decides to make Brotherhood 2.0 a carbon-neutral video blog, since as a video blog it contributes to global warming. | Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube 00:00:09 |
| 2007-04-20 | milestone | John donates $2.75 to carbonfund.org to offset the vlog's estimated 942 pounds of carbon, making Brotherhood 2.0 carbon neutral through April. | Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube 00:03:31 |
| 2007-10-12 | milestone | John re-neutralizes Brotherhood 2.0's carbon output: after a $2.75 carbonfund.org donation in April, he now spends $63 to offset the vlog's estimated emissions. | October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 00:03:14 |
| 2011-02-23 | looked back | John recalls neutralizing the vlog's carbon in 2007, recalculates Nerdfighteria's emissions at 1.13 million pounds still to offset, and declines to pay the $5,000. | WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD 00:02:26 |
What is said about it
11 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2007-04-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube — John says Brotherhood 2.0, as a video blog, is itself contributing to global warming, and he wants to make it a carbon-neutral video blog. — 00:00:09
- 2007-04-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube — John says each video averages about 3 minutes 9 seconds (189 seconds), so people have spent 22,003,191 seconds watching Brotherhood 2.0. (playful) — 00:00:45
- 2007-04-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube — John: Adding the time spent making the videos, John calculates the whole Brotherhood 2.0 project has taken 22,856,391 seconds of computer time, or 6,348.99 hours. — 00:01:34
- 2007-04-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube — John: Multiplying out (698.4 kilowatts x 1.35), John finds the video blog has personally led to 942.8 pounds of carbon emissions. — 00:02:04
- 2007-04-20 · Brotherhood 2.0: Carbon Neutralizing Youtube — John: According to carbonfund.org, offsetting the vlog's 942 pounds of carbon will cost about $2.75. — 00:03:31
- 2007-04-23 · April 23rd: Celebrity — Hank tells John he is proud of his mathematics and that the 940-something pounds of carbon is right, though not something to be proud of. (playful) — 00:00:57
- 2007-10-12 · October 12th: Carbon Re-Neutralizing Brotherhood 2.0 — John recalls donating $2.75 to carbonfund.org back in April to neutralize the vlog's carbon output, which has since risen considerably. — 00:01:03
- 2007-10-15 · Oct 15th: Happy 16th Birthday B20 — Hank says John's carbon calculation put a number on something he had been thinking about: people have spent over 16 years watching Brotherhood 2.0. — 00:00:10
- 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John recalls carbon-neutralizing Nerdfighteria in October 2007 for about 30 dollars and sets out to do it again now that views have grown. — 00:00:23
- 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John: Having offset 23,000 pounds in 2007, John says 1.13 million pounds remain, which would cost just over $5,000 to offset at carbonfund.org. — 00:02:26
- 2011-02-23 · WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD — John says he won't pay the $5,000 offset because someday Henry is going to want to go to college. (playful) — 00:02:37