MasterCard Transactions To Be Mined For CO2 Data

seamus1abshere writes "In the latest twist from Big Data, MasterCard and Brighter Planet today announced that cardholder transaction data will be mined for clues about CO2 emissions. Initial coverage will be of flights, car rentals, hotels and other purchases for which the credit card company stores extra metadata. Interestingly, the science behind the offering is all open source."

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How far can this CO2 mad hunt go?

[Petersson]

How far can this can go?
Once climatofanatics realize how much CO2 is produced by simple fact that human beings are breathing and that they also fart a lot of methane, will they start to kill people in a mass scale? The fanatics could also be vacuum-drying their bodies to change them into mummies in order to avoid burning and creating more CO2.

It could be an crazy idea for a movie, however nazi concentration and liquidation camps were real and nazi fanatism was also based on crazy ideas.

Re:Inquiring minds want to know

[artor3]

But the parent doesn't care about the answer, and you know it. He's just JAQ'ing off, as all good trolls do. Ask a seemingly reasonable question with the implication that the answer is a bad thing.

Tell me, do you really think that the computing power used to mine this data would offset even a single trip by private jet?

Re:Why?

[Mashiki]

Because according to the cult of global warming, you have no privacy. They're doing this for *your* best interest.

Re:Hah!

[flyneye]

Perspective problem. Let's look again.
Dumbass "green" college kids at the urging of their prof.( prolly a full blown green douche) do something "green" as part of their grade.
Prof. Douche eagerly awaits the biased results for his own evil agenda as he knows they forgot to track everything that causes gas.
Yes, methane, you know the stuff cows let off so much of that automobiles come in second for destroying the ozone.
Prof. Douche doesn't care so much about the ozone, but being noted in the media for contributing "value" to the green cause gives him pseudo-masturbatory pleasure and fulfills the prophet Warhols prediction of fame.

A class action suit from cardholders against the college should put reality back into perspective for all.