CarbonCast: Real-Time Carbon Intensity Tracker
“Empower your parcel with live eco-insight – carbon data at your fingertips!”
Step into the future of sustainable Second Life experiences with CarbonCast, the sleek LSL script that hooks directly into the UK Carbon Intensity API and broadcasts up-to-the-minute CO₂ intensity on your land. Whether you’re running an eco-education sim, a green marketplace, or just love geeky stats, CarbonCast delivers reliable, real-time carbon data on command. No more stale numbers or manual updates—just pure, automated environmental intelligence, ready to spark conversations and inspire action.
Features
• Real-time fetch from the official Carbon Intensity API
• One-word “get” chat command to trigger data retrieval
• Configurable listen channel for seamless integration
• Robust JSON parsing to extract exact gCO₂/kWh values
• Automatic HTTP request/response handling
• Clear shout-channel announcements of status, success, or errors
• Customizable API endpoint variable for advanced users
• Lightweight single-script installation—drop, compile, done
• Failsafe detection of parse errors and HTTP timeouts
• Easily adaptable for HUDs, displays, or group notices
Deep Feature Dive
CarbonCast lives in a single LSL script that you drop into any prim. It quietly listens on your chosen chat channel, awaiting the magic word “get.” Once triggered, it fires off an HTTP request to your configured carbon API endpoint and patiently waits for a JSON response. On success, it drills down to “data → data → 0 → intensity → actual” and broadcasts the precise gCO₂/kWh reading for everyone on your sim to see. If anything goes awry—unexpected status codes or missing JSON fields—CarbonCast shouts an informative error so you can diagnose and adapt instantly. Advanced scripters will appreciate the editable gListenChannel and gApiUrl constants, making it trivial to plug in custom APIs or integrate with other in-world automation systems.
15+ Creative Use Cases
• Eco-tourism sims showcasing live carbon stats
• Green building displays in architectural expos
• Renewable energy roleplay and training centers
• Carbon footprint educational workshops
• Live HUDs for environmental monitoring teams
• Sustainable brand market stalls with real-time badges
• Climate science classroom demonstrations
• In-world dashboards for sim managers
• Carbon challenge games and trivia nights
• Virtual art installations reacting to data
• Group notices to green communities
• Renewable energy vendor kiosks
• Carbon offset fundraising events
• Roleplay scenarios set in a low-carbon future
• Interactive sustainability quizzes
• Automated data feeds for sim-wide signage
• Comparative displays across multiple regions
• Environmental researcher data-collection hubs
• Social experiments on behavior and awareness
• Personal eco-tracking tools for individual avatars
Transform your Second Life environment into a hub of real-world environmental awareness. With CarbonCast, the carbon impact of energy generation becomes not just a statistic, but a living, breathing part of your virtual world. Empower, educate, and engage—one “get” command at a time.
