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Article #9Re: Green viatology; confirming your carbon footprint
From: Pete
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:43
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 15:43
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On Aug 19, 8:08 pm, Carl Rogers <postmas...@wwtl.info> wrote: > Hi Viatologists, > > As you continue your scientific studies of roadways, please take a > moment to realise how your carbon footprint affects the environment! > Carbon densifies the ozone layer and traps heat. Consider going above > and beyond the scientific principles of viatology by additionally > keeping YOUR studies green. With your help, you can help save the > planet. For a list of recommended guidelines in "green" for viatology- > based research, please refer to this article: > > http://tinyurl.com/92hv4h > > Of importance: > > (1) Don't take road trips purely for the sake of roads!!! Bundle it > into a > vacation and kill two birds w/one stone. > (2) If viatologists wish to discuss their topic w/ one another, use > alternative communication mediums like teleconferencing, telephone, > or > physically meeting together for more than a Saturday/Sunday gig > that's > several hundred kilometres away. If you're traveling that kind of > distance > for that short of a meet, your lack of a social life is deprecating to > Earth > and is a carbon pollutant. > (3) If you must travel for the sake of viatology alone, consider a > fuel-efficient car that gets more than 30 MPG or 7.75L/100km. > (4) Carpool w/ other viatologists when all possible. > > To reiterate -- getting to your destination of roadside research > produces carbon emission. It doesn't matter whether you travel by > car, rail, or airplane. Do your part and determine what method suits > the environment. > > The WWTL officially endorses a green advertising-partner called 'Trip > Footprint', who uncoincidentally offers you the ability to compute > your footprint based on your mode of transportation AND the number of > people involved in your travel party: http://www.tripfootprint.com. > Consider a visit today. > > Cheers, > > Carl Rogers Please stop cross-posting anything to ne.transportation that is not specifically about transportation in New England.
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