BBC NEWS | Ethical Man blog
Because I'm travelling as the BBC's Ethical Man I've been ordered to keep my environmental impact to an absolute minimum.BBC NEWS | Ethical Man blog
We flew in to Muskegon airport late afternoon. The temperature was hovering just below freezing and snow was forecast. There was an unforgiving wind blowing in off Lake Michigan.
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We booked a hire car, that's what we did. That's right, the very first day of my trip and I am tooling through the streets of Muskegon at the wheel of a shiny black Mazda 6.
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The point is this: we are here to work. Our cameraman Peter, who arrived on a later plane, has lots of heavy equipment. We have a full diary of people to meet and things we need to film. If we were to depend on buses we simply wouldn't get anything done.
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Of course we could get taxis but would that offer any carbon saving? Taxis tend to be older bigger vehicles. Our Mazda 6 lists its city/highway fuel consumption (in US gallons) as 21/30 mpg. That's well below the 35 mpg fuel emissions targets President Obama endorsed recently.
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Oh and by the way, I had a steak for dinner.
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