csd72
Plants are carbon sinks when they are growing, carbon neutral when they are fully grown and carbon sources when they die. The carbon atoms don't go anywhere. Plus rotting vegiation produces methane (I think) which is 4x worse than CO2 (I think).
jmw
thats a good point, people who like...
Whether or not we are causing climate change is purely academic in my opinion, we should be reserving resources and reducing pollution regardless of climate change.
Unless you plan to eat or burn (for a useful purpose) what you plant in your garden I'm afraid your not doing anything to reduce...
Jeremy Clarkson has an honorary PhD in engineering, I don't know if he has ever done anything close to what I now understand as engineering. Although I might have your point on its head, he got his PhD for being famous, not famous for being an Engineer.
I was researching this exact problem a couple of weeks ago and found the Ricoh R6 is a point and shoot camera designed for 1cm macros and cost just £150 GBP. I am using it to take images of Rubber Crumb without any difficulties. I know it isn't going to compare to a SLR but I'm more than happy...
In the UK you could try
ARTIS, avon rubber technology and innovation science (or something similar (formally avon rubber materials development centre)
or I think Milliken Rubber also have a materials development centre.
If your USA based then I've heard Akron Rubber are one of the best in the...