Giant Carbon Footprint
By all measures, this year has not been a good one for me and the environment. No, I'm not referring to my purchase of a 4x4, but the amount of time I've spent in aircraft.
It all started with a flight back from County Clare, Ireland following a fantastic few days away for New Year. Next was Paris at the end of March. Two days later I was off to the States with work for just over a week, including several internal flight and almost 1000 miles in cars.
Two days after getting back from the US I was off to Barcelona for 3 days, again with work, followed by a well earned travel breather, where any potential DVT could ease off a bit!
September saw me in South Africa for a holiday and then less than 2 weeks later I was off to Korea for a conference.
So having done the maths, this is what the figures look like:
29 flights taken during 2007 covering a total of 8 countries, 19 airports and (if we include car journeys) 9 US states. A total of just over 43000 miles in the air. That's a lot of flying and several tonnes of CO2. I'm not expecting a Christmas card from Greenpeace this year.
It all started with a flight back from County Clare, Ireland following a fantastic few days away for New Year. Next was Paris at the end of March. Two days later I was off to the States with work for just over a week, including several internal flight and almost 1000 miles in cars.
Two days after getting back from the US I was off to Barcelona for 3 days, again with work, followed by a well earned travel breather, where any potential DVT could ease off a bit!
September saw me in South Africa for a holiday and then less than 2 weeks later I was off to Korea for a conference.
So having done the maths, this is what the figures look like:
29 flights taken during 2007 covering a total of 8 countries, 19 airports and (if we include car journeys) 9 US states. A total of just over 43000 miles in the air. That's a lot of flying and several tonnes of CO2. I'm not expecting a Christmas card from Greenpeace this year.
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