Comments on: Hacking carbon emissions into Minecraft http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 07:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Stephen Rice http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1284202 Stephen Rice Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1284202 No, trees absorb carbon while they are growing and then release it when they rot or are burned etc. No, trees absorb carbon while they are growing and then release it when they rot or are burned etc.

]]> By: C http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1283613 C Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1283613 Some hacker should make it an even more climatically accurate by adding a small probability that an Ice Age will reappear and the only way to stop it is run around and burn everything before the glaciers grow too big to stop (or can you build orbital mirrors in Minecraft?).  Of course, then you'd have some troll go dump a bunch of iron in the ocean just to help Jack Frost along... Some hacker should make it an even more climatically accurate by adding a small probability that an Ice Age will reappear and the only way to stop it is run around and burn everything before the glaciers grow too big to stop (or can you build orbital mirrors in Minecraft?).  Of course, then you’d have some troll go dump a bunch of iron in the ocean just to help Jack Frost along…

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1283431 jandrese Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1283431 Only if you let them return their carbon to the atmosphere after they die.  Bury them underground and they're carbon negative.  Only if you let them return their carbon to the atmosphere after they die.  Bury them underground and they’re carbon negative. 

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1283398 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1283398 I think I'd need Hircine's Ring.  Got to make a deal with the Daedra. I think I’d need Hircine’s Ring.  Got to make a deal with the Daedra.

]]> By: Pakeha http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1283389 Pakeha Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1283389 Trees are carbon neutral (neither add nor remove carbon from the atmosphere) Sorry to burst your bubble. Trees are carbon neutral (neither add nor remove carbon from the atmosphere) Sorry to burst your bubble.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1283375 Felton / Moderator Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1283375 Would a cure disease potion take care of that, or would you have to visit some wizard up in a tower for an experimental cure, like in Morrowind? Would a cure disease potion take care of that, or would you have to visit some wizard up in a tower for an experimental cure, like in Morrowind?

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1283371 Lobster Wed, 30 Nov 2011 14:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1283371 Yeah, thanks, I almost had fun. Hey, can someone mod diabetes into Skyrim? I've been eating too many boiled cream treats. Yeah, thanks, I almost had fun.

Hey, can someone mod diabetes into Skyrim? I’ve been eating too many boiled cream treats.

]]> By: BookGuy http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1283037 BookGuy Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1283037 If I'm going to have to deal with carbon emissions in my Minecraft, I should at least be able to build a V-8 muscle car to enjoy while I destroy the environment. If I’m going to have to deal with carbon emissions in my Minecraft, I should at least be able to build a V-8 muscle car to enjoy while I destroy the environment.

]]> By: Morgan Nichol ♡ http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1282994 Morgan Nichol ♡ Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1282994 Funny, I was just thinking about something like this a couple of days ago, my version involved raising the sea level rather than atmospheric stuff. Funny, I was just thinking about something like this a couple of days ago, my version involved raising the sea level rather than atmospheric stuff.

]]> By: querent http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1282991 querent Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1282991 Awesome sauce.  I dig Minecraft cause I want my own land on which to do my own thing, and this kind of sustainability arithmetic fits right in there.  Gamification ftw! Awesome sauce.  I dig Minecraft cause I want my own land on which to do my own thing, and this kind of sustainability arithmetic fits right in there.  Gamification ftw!

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/11/29/hacking-carbon-emissions-into.html#comment-1282992 millie fink Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=132039#comment-1282992 <i>After a long day of mining and smelting, you’ll have to go plant a few trees to keep the weather nice.</i> Ah, if only keeping the weather nice were that easy. After a long day of mining and smelting, you’ll have to go plant a few trees to keep the weather nice.

Ah, if only keeping the weather nice were that easy.

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