1st November 2006, 11:46 AM
What is the carbon footprint of an archaeological excavation?
Apart from the obvious question about the size of the excavation..... the number of diggers, where they live, how they travel (is commuting by tube into London from twenty miles out for ten diggers more environmentally friendly than driving ten miles to a rural excavation with a van full of diggers) how much machining is needed on site, how many contect sheets you use, digital as opposed to conventional photography (I spoke to a professional photographer recently who reckoned that digital photography had saved his company tens of thousands per year and must use less resources per photo in terms of film and chemical s for processing but how does this compare with the environmental costs of computer processing and storage.
Are portaloos more environmentally friendly than conventional?
How much organic content is there in the spoil - if its dumped and this decays then old carbon is released into the atmosphere.
Ehgad! The permutations are endless - the more I consider the more there are.......
Apart from the obvious question about the size of the excavation..... the number of diggers, where they live, how they travel (is commuting by tube into London from twenty miles out for ten diggers more environmentally friendly than driving ten miles to a rural excavation with a van full of diggers) how much machining is needed on site, how many contect sheets you use, digital as opposed to conventional photography (I spoke to a professional photographer recently who reckoned that digital photography had saved his company tens of thousands per year and must use less resources per photo in terms of film and chemical s for processing but how does this compare with the environmental costs of computer processing and storage.
Are portaloos more environmentally friendly than conventional?
How much organic content is there in the spoil - if its dumped and this decays then old carbon is released into the atmosphere.
Ehgad! The permutations are endless - the more I consider the more there are.......