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Baby you can fly my car
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Via West Virginia Rebel, the Telegraph reports: Sir Paul McCartney is said to be "horrified" that his new eco-friendly car was flown 7,000 miles from Japan. The Lexus LS600H, which costs £ 84,000, was a gift from Lexus to the 65-year-old former Beatle, who helped promote the hybrid vehicle. But instead of arriving by boat as expected, the car was flown to Britain on a Korean Air flight, creating a carbon footprint almost 100 times bigger than if it had come by sea.... Carbon offsetting firm CO2balance.com said the plane journey would have caused a carbon footprint of 38,050kg, compared to 397kg for a three-week boat journey....
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Baby you can fly my car
http://jimmyfromshinagawa.blogspot.com/2008/05/baby-you-can-...Sir Paul McCartney is said to be "horrified" that his new eco-friendly car was flown 7,000 miles from Japan. The Lexus LS600H, which costs £84,000, was a gift from Lexus, who helped promote the hybrid vehicle. But instead of arriving by boat as expected, the car was flown to Britain on a Korean Air flight, creating a carbon footprint almost 100 times bigger than if it had come by sea. A source is reported to have said: "Paul was offered a Lexus as a gift and ordered the hybrid limo because it helps to reduce emissions. "He'll be horrified after learning it was delivered by plane. Paul has always campaigned for green issues and he can’t understand why anyone would send an enormous car from Japan to Britain on a plane." Carbon offsetting firm CO2balance.com said the plane journey would have caused a carbon footprint of 38,050kg, compared to 397kg for a three-week boat. Co2balance.com Director Mike Rigby said: "That is the equivalent of driving the car around the world six times." This particular hybrid that 'helps to reduce emissions' has a 5litre V8 and does 21mpg.. the same as our RR.. I think I'll replace the supercharged badge with a hybrid one.. telegraph via econobrowser
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Baby you can fly my car
http://blogs.muzicagratis.org/blogs/car/5426/baby-you-can-fl...Baby you can fly my car by Car @ Wed, 14 May 2008 00:07:52 -0400 But instead of arriving by boat as expected, the car was flown to Britain on a Korean Air flight, creating a carbon footprint almost 100 times bigger than if it had come by sea.... Carbon offse... Original post: Baby you can fly my car by at Google Blog Search: car Blog tag: Car Technorati tag: Car Wed, 14 May 2008 00:06:51 -0400
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