On 19 Oct 2007, at 09:01, Julian wrote: > "Laurence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in > message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Forget how far the wine has travelled to the UK and how much carbon >> footprint that caused. Just think about how much power is used to >> work >> the locks on the MSC! Why 50 tonnes a time on a S H I P canal? >> This is >> nothing but a publicity stunt, the carbon footprint of that 40 mile >> journey must be the size of a herd of mammoths after a curry! > > If you look at the picture of the barge they are using looks like a > 3000 > toner to me > > http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html? > in_article_id=488290&in_page_id=1770 > > Don't know where you get your 50tons from
It says 600,000 litres if the Daily Mail is to be believed (?). So that's 600 tonnes net, or thereabouts, given that even the best Antipodean Shiraz is probably not hugely different in specific gravity to H2O. About 1000 tonnes gross, allowing for containers? Still, lets see whether the trade lasts, shall we? Baz
