Okay, so at first I thought this article might be good, but it is based on so much conjecture and self-righteousness that it makes me want to vomit!
So basically, this person is saying that having a long-distance relationship is just horrible for the environment because it causes people to travel a lot more, thereby causing more pollutants to enter our air, water, etc. Okay, that makes sense, right?
But how about this: The lovely "reporter" said that flying between San Francisco and New York 12 times a year (not a whole lot of booty calls, but that's another subject) for this ONE PERSON would create 35 metric tons of Co2 per year... for shame, long-distance lovers! However, upon just a teensy bit of research, I found that a-hole is WRONG! In fact, the total amount of Co2 per person per year would be only about 9.12 tons per year (which is still a lot, but not nearly as much as the hippie said).
What, is the woman traveling in a private jet or something? Because in that case the blogger may be right; otherwise, it's just more sensationalized b.s. trying to scare/shame people into living their lives the way this man wants them to.
Then, this man goes on to postulate about what would happen if they moved closer to one another, but decides they would obviously drive solo to see one another, creating even more Co2 (although I don't have time to debunk this, but I bet it's wrong as well...) I understand the guy is just trying to show FOR EXAMPLE what would happen, but he comes off as just being a jerk with too much time on his hands (and here I am commenting on it... hmm...)
I guess everybody should follow this guys lead. And why stop there? Hey, don't go to work tomorrow because it's bad for the environment! And no vacations either! Travel = evil, people. Unless you're on a bike (fixed-gear, of course).
There's a link to this b.s. below...
http://www.slate.com/id/2202431/?from=rss
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