Too funny: During a trip to the US to save us all from CO2, BBC's "Ethical Man" flies LA-London for the weekend

Ethical Man blog: Ethical dilemmas: is walking more polluting than driving?

At the moment prices reflect the scarcity of fossil fuels, which is why I was able to afford to buy a return ticket from Los Angeles to London this weekend (it cost just £400, plus £40 for a carbon offset). That's right, I have flown home for the weekend!

Flashback: BBC - Ethical Man blog: Ethical Man is reborn

So the BBC has given me a new and bigger challenge, nothing less than to save the world from climate change!

I'm going on a 6,500 mile trip around the nation that brought the world the motor car, the aeroplane, the suburb, the drive-thru hamburger joint and the hot tub, in search of solutions to the biggest problem on earth.
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And I've got another, rather more personal request. Because I'm travelling as the BBC's Ethical Man I've been ordered to keep my environmental impact to an absolute minimum.