carbon foot print

I justify my 320bhp Impreza as I have solar water heating system on my roof.  

i was wondering about this the other day as one particuarly boring priest/vicar person was talking about eco friendliness in morning assembly. I realised one main thing. Global warming is due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Take all those carbon atoms, put them into cars. This will make lighter and therefore more efficient cars. So not only are you removing carbon from the atmosphere, you are reducing the carbon output of cars.

as for boats, make them all out of carbon so that we use some carbon from the atmosphere. as for when they get old and broken. . . . . . . . well who knows

and now some smart arse engineer or similar will come and burst my bubble by telling me im all wrong.

tom

Maybe rota-moulded is the way to go to reduce the future of  sailing's  carbon footprint....

- I am sure  some bright spark can think of a way of turning those  empty plastic milk bottles I re-cycle into  a  brand new laser/topper dinghy!

Anyhow,  I wouldn't be too worried about the carbon footprint of  a few moths/cherubs.... think what the footprint of running an America Cup or  Volvo70 boat...  

- carbon boat  (going to be bigger & there 's a 2nd boat to train against!)

- carbon sails (huge sail area)

- carbon masts

- logistics of  transporting crew and boats around the planet/Europe for pre-cup racing.

- steaks, beer and chips for big chunky  crew (flown/driven across the world).

- All those nasty chemicals for painting/polishing/cleaning  boats ropes sals.

and then there are all the  super yachts and super-motor boats... lots of fuel/more chemicals etc....