Flying vs Driving: Which is Better for the Environment

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	Flying vs Driving: Which is Better for the Environment

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11-28-2008 10:16 AM

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	<H1>Flying vs Driving:  Which is Better for the Environment?</H1>
<H2>Driving emits less carbon than flying, but flying costs less on long trips</H2>
<P id="byline">By <A zt="18/1YF/Zf" href="http://environment.about.com/mbiopage.htm">Larry West</A>, About.com</p> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://environment.about.com/od/greenlivingdesign/a/fly_vs_drive.htm">The simple answer is that driving in a relatively fuel-efficient car (25-30 miles per gallon) usually generates fewer <A href="http://environment.about.com/od/globalwarming/a/greenhouse.htm">greenhouse-gas emissions</A> than flying. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/44740525-BBE0-4F47-A42F-4AAF214E4A57/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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