Is having the latest technology a want or a need?
How often do you get a new cel phone or mp3 player? Did you really need a new model? Do you consider the environmental impact of these purchases? If you are addicted, how can you break your addiction?
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Are trips by plane a need?
What made up most of my footprint were the long flights i took over the summer, just the flights by themselves added around 18 thousand CO2 and without them i would’ve been a bit below the average in my area. These trips were mainly to visit family, which i rarely get to see, so not going on them wasn't something i could really do. On the other side of things though, people take planes to go on vacation or for other reasons when it's completely unnecessary, for example some people take a plane from San Francisco, California to Los Angeles, California, which is around a one hour flight, when they could just take a five hour drive.Sure it might be more convenient to get there faster but it isn't needed and would save the air a bit more to just drive.
What would the rest of you say, Is it necessary to save time but put more CO2 into the air just for convenience or not? And if not what other ways do you suggest we go about long distance travel or improve our current methods.
Source: http://environment.about.com/od/greenli … _drive.htm