minkbaby00137.00.00.00.002009-10-20T14:12:22+00:00true<h1><a title="Permanent Link to Go Green By Walking to the Caribbean? (Part 1)" rel="bookmark" href="http://blog.tropicalsky.co.uk/go-green-walking-to-caribbean/">Go Green By Walking to the Caribbean? (Part 1)</a></h1>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What would it be like if you couldn’t fly to the <a href="http://www.tropicalsky.co.uk/caribbean-holidays.htm">Caribbean</a>? If you had to take another form of transport, which of these would be the most efficient, which would be the most effective, and which would be least damaging to the environment?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">Here is a benchmark for how much C02 is used each year by each person in the USA - 2.3 Tonnes of C02!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">An entire acre of trees can on average only store 2.4 tonnes of C02 per Annum!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong>Flying</strong> is important to us because:</p>
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<li>To get from London to the Caribbean (Jamaica) takes about 10 hours in a plane</li>
<li>And its 4229 miles (6806 kilometres)</li>
<li>Average speed: 429 MPH</li>
<li style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">Carbon Footprint Per Passenger: 1.37 Tonnes C02 each flight!</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What about by boat then? On your normal <strong>Cruise ship</strong>:</p>
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<li>Average Speed: 30mph (20 knots)</li>
<li>Time to reach Jamaica from London: 140 hours (5.8 days)</li>
<li style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">Carbon Footprint Per Passenger: 8.9 Tonnes C02 each journey!</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So how long would it take by the Average top speed of the <strong>Channel Tunnel Train</strong>:</p>
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<li>Average Speed: 100 MPH</li>
<li>Time to reach Jamaica 41 hours (or 1.75 days)</li>
<li style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">Carbon Footprint Per Passenger: 0.42 Tonnes C02 each journey!</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How about by car, and the average speed of a <strong>car</strong> on the Motorway:</p>
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<li>Average Speed: 70 MPH</li>
<li>Time to Reach Jamaica 60 hours (or 2.5 days, with no sleeping)</li>
<li style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">Carbon Footprint Per Passenger: 1.47 Tonnes C02 each journey!</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So how long would it take to <strong>walk</strong>, non stop, at a constant average speed:</p>
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<li>Average walking speed: 3.3 MPH</li>
<li>Time to Reach Jamaica 1281 hours (or 53.1 days)</li>
<li>That’s 70 miles a day, no stopping!</li>
<li>To put it into perspective, it would be the same as walking up and down Everest 384 times!</li>
<li style="color: #ff0000; font-weight: bold;">Carbon Footprint Per Passenger: 0.000001 Tonnes C02 each journey!</li>
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