As I said, few are willing to give up this nasty habit, and everyone has a reason THEIR trips are justified. Nuclear power is another example. Few realize, or care, that there are already over 100 nuclear power plants churning out waste in the US now, and the new energy plan includes many more.
The good news is that a smart person has put up a website with a nifty tool to calculate how much damage a jet aircraft trip will cause: http://www.chooseclimate.org The site also has a great story about a group's trip to Kyoto called "Climate Train" I encourage everyone to take a look at. As concerns the time savings, again grasping at straws to avoid taking responsibility for our personal consumption. Which is more valuable, YOUR time or OUR PLANET? Here is an idea, maybe plan our trips to appreciate the enormous cost that is actually involved. The heavy subsidy for jet aircraft I mentioned didn't include the vast sums expended on military hardware developed by the manufacturers. In fact, a lot of the technology employed in civilian applications begins with military contracts to lower the cost of R&D. If even so-called environmentalists refuse to give up this highly offensive addiction, how can we expect anyone to take us seriously? In the end, as Todd pointed out so well, it is all about the ECONOMY, and damn the environment if it gets in the way of "progress". It is said a picture is worth a thousand words, you may have to copy n paste the url if the image doesn't appear: <img src="http://www.hempusflag.com/images/fuel4economy3.jpg";> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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