The awareness and intent of the Royals will influence so many that the accounting on the final net result of CO2 reduction should be hugh. If they did not speak out for "green" others would dismiss the issue as unimportant, since they have its not right to be critical of the short term cost of long term gains in the minds of the public.

Richard, iowa, usa

If it wasn't for CO2 - the earth wouldn't be green in the first place. People don't generally realize it but the earth's natural processes produce more than 5 billion metric tonnes of carbon dioxide in excess of all of the CO2 that that plants photosynthesize back into oxygen each year.

One little question occurs to me: on those clear - starry evenings when gentlemen remove their jackets to put over the chilly shoulders of their ladies, shouldn't all that CO2 be keeping the air warm?

L Dishman, Detroit, Michigan

The authors simply fail to understand that the carbon dioxide emissions of people with money is different than the emissions of common folk in that the moneyed folk can make theirs disappear merely by ignoring them.Common folk,on the other hand ,will have to be taxed heavily to make theirs not appear in the first place.

ron, toronto,

A good bit to go before his carbon footprint rivals that of Al Gore then!

A. Robertson, Edinburgh,

"It is a blow to those of us making genuine efforts to live a greener lifestyle.”

I would have thought that the number of coal fired power stations that the Chinese are building would be a bigger blow.
Perhaps its not as fashionable to give the Chinese a hard time?

Neil McAlester, Belfast, N. Ireland

Run! This 'giant CO2' molecule will crush us all and instantly boil the planet. ;-)

Ben, York,

According to the Stern Report, the measures necessary to hold global warming to 2 degrees would amount to 0.1% of GDP per annum to 2100. I don't see why HRH should put on a hair shirt and live in a tool shed. The article Fred Marconi is commenting on explicitly says HRH is publishing the measures he is taking to reduce his princely carbon emissions and has offset most of these. Doing as he does would be a very good start for all of us.

As for carbon offsets being thoroughly discredited, as Rebecca Lush contends, this is simply untrue. It is a young market and caveat emptor applies even more than it would in a mature market, but I have offset several years of carbon emissions through one of the accredited not-for-profit organizations. There are good offsets, and there are bad offsets. You have to shop wisely.

I expect HRH gets plenty of advice.

Brant Boucher, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Can we find even ONE of these hypocritical morons who practice what they preach? Algore, the Prince, and on and on....one set of rules for me--one set of rules for thee.
The bottom line is that these people worship their Mother Earth, and they want everyone else to do so as well. To that end, they talk a good talk, but their walk is b.s.

Bob Thompson, Prescott Valley, USA/AZ

when will people stop worrying about CO2? so called global warming is caused by sun activity this in turn creates more CO2 through nature.

david james, gosport, uk

The earth will certainly survive. No question at all about it. There won't be any people, but the planet will heal itself, after all the parasites, all of us, have disappeared. Just imagine, it will be gorgeous. Oh yes, there will also be lots of insects. The bees and the butterflies and the beetles will love it! They can hardly wait! Cheers!

Mom, San Francisco, California

Just another do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do hypocrite like the government ministers, Bono and all the rest.

Fred Marconi, Birmingham,

Carbon offsetting has been thoroughly discredited as a way to deal with the carbon you emit. The only genuine way to reduce carbon is not to produce it yourself in the first place, rather than paying companies to pretend they made it disappear for you! Prince Charles should lead the way as a pioneer of video conferencing for his official engagements, join he lobby for better train links to Scotland, and promote British tourism by taking his holidays here.

Rebecca Lush, London, UK