Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To ease my consiousness somewhat of burning 10 tons plus an hour and owning a jeep,recently learned that having a pet like a medium sized dog has a larger carbon footprint then a SUV brgds Simon On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto op earthlink.net>wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >