Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank Dernie wrote: >>> ... During the last fuel crisis there was much heart searching about whether it was appropriate to race cars. A quick calculation showed that all the cars in all the races of the World Championship in a year consumed a touch more fuel than -one- transatlantic Boeing 747 flight... <<< IMHO pointing fingers at a particular sport or activity is a good way to evade the real problem. It's the billions of little choices made each day by everyone that make a difference, and if the fuel cost spike a couple of years ago is any indication, very little aside from a dent in the wallet influences those decisions on a significant scale. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com