Re: Carbon Offsetting by bike

nafuk said:

Tony Raven said:

Marc Brett wrote on 23/05/2007 03:03 +0100:

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On Tue, 22 May 2007 21:37:32 +0100, John Halliwell
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> Reducing air travel is not the way to go, more efficient aircraft &
> engines

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How much gain there? About 10% efficiency improvement from the 787 and
A350. Hardly earth-shattering, and the >10% increase in passenger
movements will quickly swallow that up.

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Not a lot - far better to get people to switch off lights, use energy
efficient cars and appliances and insulate their homes. The effect of
that would swamp the effect of banning the airline industry in the UK.

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Then there is the old chestnut of food air-miles where the impact of the
fuel to ship many foods from warm growing climates is small compared to
that of heating greenhouses to grow them here - or we could return to
a diet of turnips, potatoes and brassicas in winter

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--
Tony

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"The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there
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- Bertrand Russell

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