Last Chance for Holiday TerraPasses

Tom Arnold | December 21, 2005

For those scrambling for last minute gifts, you still have time to get a TerraPass. Our ordering deadlines are below:
Gift Certificates: No Deadline!
Friday Delivery:

Dec 21st 5pm EST($15 Shipping)
Dec 22nd 5pm EST ($30 Shipping)

Saturday Delivery: Dec 23rd 5pm EST ($60 Shipping)

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1. By Shawn H on January 11, 2006 9:31 AM

THIS MUST BE A SCAM.

I have a 1987 Honda Accord Automatic, your calculator says it creates 200 lbs a day of CO2. 200 freakin lbs. I don't even burn that weight of gas in a day, so how the hell do you come up with this figure?

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2. By Adam on January 11, 2006 9:47 AM

The weight of the carbon dioxide that comes out of your tailpipe is much heavier than the gas you put in your tank. Every carbon molecule in the gasoline combines with two oxygen molecules to produce CO2. Oxygen is heavier than carbon, so you roughly triple the weight of your gas when you burn it.

Having said that, though, our carbon calculator indicates that you would have to drive your Honda for 100,000 miles per year to generate a daily average of 200 lbs of CO2. So perhaps you made a mistake when you entered your data?

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