TheCarbonBlog Goes Live!
February 26, 2008 Blogroll, Internet
In a bit of shameless self-promotion, I’d like to present to the world TheCarbonBlog!
A few days ago, I had mentioned that I was accepting Vic’s challenge to start some new niche websites and earn a good amount of money in the coming year. This is but the first of three that I fully intend to start up before the start of 2009.
TheCarbonBlog will focus on companies and products that claim to be environmentally friendly. If they really are what they claim, they’ll get a nice carbon nanotube trophy. If they are just scamming us out of our money, they’ll get some used charcoal. Either way, the prize is carbon … even if it’s just a picture (I can’t seriously afford to send companies carbon nanotube trophies, after all).
The idea started quite a few months ago, first with my post on how people could use carbon credits the same way as we bought “indulgences” from the Catholic church not too long ago, and was reinforced when Nick wrote about a Sharp air conditioner that claimed to be more ecologically friendly than any previous model, but was no different from a 4 year old model by the same company. On top of this, there are literally hundreds of online companies that are offering carbon credits to us, but don’t actually use our money towards any carbon reduction projects. I have no intentions of becoming an uber preachy environmentalist like Al Gore, but I do feel strongly about people being taken advantage of when their heart is in the right place.
Saving the world is serious business. There’s no room for scammers.
If this is something you’re interested in, feel free to subscribe to the RSS. Also, should you know of a company or a product I should check out, just send me an email through the contact form, either on j2fi.net or TheCarbonBlog, and I’ll be sure to look into it ASAP.
So there’s my piece. What do you think?
Comments (4)
Subscribed, Zoomed and Stumbled! Good luck with your new project!
Thanks, Nick. I’m looking forward to seeing what kind of success TheCarbonBlog achieves. Win or lose, I’m bound to learn something new
Awesome.
I really like the concept. The content should really drive environmentally concious people to your new blog. It should also help keep companies honest.
Good luck.
Thanks Gus, that’s the main goal of TheCarbonBlog. That said, I don’t want it to be preachy in an Al Gore kind of way, as that would scare off ordinary people. So long as I can educate people about the companies out there preying on our ignorance, then I’ll be happy.
That said, if you have a product or company you’d like me to investigate, let me know. This isn’t just going to be a site full of Nano-Trophies and charcoal, it’s going to be my first real venture into the field of investigative journalism