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Subject: [Leica] OT: Why God Made UV Filters
From: simon.apekop at gmail.com (simon jessurun)
Date: Tue, 4 May 2010 16:41:26 +0200
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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
>
>
>
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