Travel with environment in mind

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Travel with environment in mind

Tuesday, September 13, 2005 Posted: 1203 GMT (2003 HKT)

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There is no doubt that airplanes are a source of airborne pollution.

LONDON, England (CNN) -- The cost of executive travel includes more than just the money paid out for an air ticket or a taxi ride; business trips also have an environmental price tag.

If you take a taxi from central London to Heathrow airport your vehicle will emit roughly seven kilograms of carbon dioxide.

Share a taxi or take public transport and your carbon "footprint" gets smaller.

This carbon footprint is a representation of the effect you, or your business, has on the climate in terms of the amount of greenhouse gases you produce

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http://edition.cnn.com/2005/TRAVEL/09/12/environment.travel/index.html