In any case, many airlines now allow you to purchase "carbon offsets" to
counter the effect of your flight, so those who are concerned can make the
effort. Whether this is totally effective is of course debatable - and when
I tried to do it for a recent Jetstar flight the booking system told me how
much the extra was but then insisted on billing me for only the basic flight
cost without the extra!
On 02/01/2008, Tony Russell <> wrote:
>
> I must say I agree with Alistair and Michael and Jill on this. Anyone
> whose life becomes dictated by how much carbon usage they incur must be
> either not very interested in the excitement and fun that birding travel
> can provide, or so caught up in the carbon debate that they are unable
> to see any other point of view. I'm not suggesting that the carbon
> issue is of no importance, but crikey, we need some balance and need to
> get a life in the meantime.
> Life is too short.
>
> Tony.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> On Behalf Of michael norris
> Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 9:17 AM
> To: Alastair Smith; 'BIRDING-AUS'
> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] The Biggest Twitch - and Carbon
>
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