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Old 15th Dec 2010, 13:34
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Agaricus bisporus
 
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Criteria for an environmentally friendly airline
One that actively lobbies for nuclear power and curbing coal burning in China.
And doesn't waste time and energy getting twitched about cult fads and meaningless sloganising.

Greenwashing. mmm. Bullsh!t is green, isn't it?
LEDs instead of flourescents! Just about sums up the green movement when that's suggested to an airline as an "environmental" saving. That would save how much fuel on a transatlantic? A pint? And how many hundreds of thousands of extra tons of fuel does the industry have to burn to generate the profit to pay the millions in certification costs for something that won't come into effect for 20 years?

Sounds like a well thought out plan to me. not. (ie a typical Green one...penny not very wise, millions foolish)

"Lend me your abacus Swampy, I can't get enough noughts behind the decimal point on mine"

We'd get there a whole lot better and faster if we listened to engineers and economists instead of kooks, druids and spaced-out sociology students.



...I'll get my coat

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