Methods, systems, apparatus, and tangible computer-readable media for
receiving resource consumption information associated with a consumer
from a resource consumption validator, analyzing the received information
and storing the received information and/or the analysis results are
herein provided. In some cases, an environmental impact associated with a
consumer's resource consumption is determined. Methods, systems,
apparatus, and tangible computer-readable media for automatically
accessing a consumer resource consumption account and retrieving resource
consumption information associated with the resource consumption account
are also provided.