Google your carbon footprint

NOT AT ALL EVIL search engine outfit Google has added a cute service that allows users to calculate their carbon footprints, receive advice on how to reduce it and place their details on a map of the UK.

While this may appear to be a commendable initiative, the implementation leaves something to be desired. Who would have thought, for example, that Prime Minister Gordon Brown would take time out of his busy schedule to fill in his own personal details?

Gordy apparently contributes 111.19 tonnes of CO2 to the environment each year, unless, of course, Google's forgotten to include any method of validating entries and some miscreant has filled in the details on his behalf?

So, nice idea, but the data is 100% unreliable. Of course, this won't stop it being used by tree-huggers as damning evidence of the harm we're doing to the planet. Who knows, maybe Saint Al Gore will even make a movie based on it?

Have a play here, but remember, it's just a bit of fun, not proper science. µ