Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Make use of technology to reduce flying

People fly regularly for business. Most of the time it is for meetings to make a presentation or two. In many cases, these trips can be avoided by making use of technology. Technological advances have made it possible to hold virtual meetings with participants dispersed geographical. Nothing beats a room with face to face interaction with attendees. But if you have to fill a meeting room with geographically dispersed people, then imagine the amount of CO2 that is emitted by flyers.

An interesting take on greening flying by an exec of Boeing.

A BBC News reporter at the Paris Air Show has written a nice article on the growing concerns about the environment by the Aircraft manufacturers. This is an extremely positive step.
Planemakers confront green issues

Carbon dioxide emissions from aircraft are a significant and growing contributor to harmful global warming. It is time for the industry to sort it out, says Scott Carson, chief executive of Boeing's commercial planes division.


Well, if you are rich and can afford one of the 12 private suites on a A380, then you should know that it is not recommended to have S*x in the air, as per a guideline issued by Singapore Airlines.
Singapore Airlines has taken the unusual step of publicly asking passengers on its new Airbus A380 plane not to engage in any s*xual activities.

Read it all here: >>>

Now why don't you just stay at your home? ;)



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