Hey ppl do you think this girl is a nut or a serious "environmentalist"?

Question

Funniest travel article I ever read - someone called Karin Andersson travels all the way from London-Bangkok (in Asia) by train to save Co2 (Carbon dioxide) emissions! Here are the statistics:

Total cost of going overland (trains, buses, boats, hotels, food, visas and agency fees): £2,282.

Cost of a budget flight, one way: roughly £575.

Time taken: 22 days.

Distance travelled: 13,330km (compared with 9,860km by air).

Carbon dioxide expended travelling overland (calculated by Stella Bell at Climate Care): 525.98 kg C02.

Carbon dioxide expended flying: 1,443 kg C02.

And here's the piece of cake: Far greener than air, and more interesting. Also much more expensive - but Andreasson paid hefty fees for booking at the last minute. She could also have saved money by choosing "hard-class" train seats.

http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/2006/oct/25/travelnews.travelsenvironmentalimpact.environment

I have seen plenty of "real travellers" like this!

Answer 1

But there is part of the equasion that was left out. How many people were there at each juction of the trip. She would need to divide the total amout of emissions of each leg by the number of people to determine each persons average amount of carbon for that part of the trip to get a total amount for just her at the end. And of course do the same for the plane trip to find out which is lower emissions per person.

Answer 2

There's only one reason for this "global warming" stuff and that is people are making serious money out of it. Carbon Trading, Green Taxes. Jeremy Clarkson for World President I say.

Answer 3

No mate, she's a nut.

Bet she doesn't shave her legs, has BO (because she won't use chemicals), and has a bad case of flatulence since she only eats pulses. Just imagine having to sit next to that for a 13,000km train journey!!