Olympic Torch Emits 5,500 Tons of CO2
By kalass
@kalass (611)
India
April 15, 2008 5:49pm CST
The torch is visiting 23 cities during a global sweep that includes stops in London, Paris, San Francisco, Bangkok, Islamabad and Almaty among others. The Beijing Olympics Organizing Committee says the journey will cover more than 85,000 miles.By the time this pyro parade is over, it will have produced about 11 million pounds of carbon emissions.
The Olympic Torch Relay is adding about 11 million pounds of carbon to the atmosphere. Thats 5,500 tons.
Is this relay important?
What is your opinion???
I feel there is no need for the Olympic torch relay if it causes so much pollution.
1 response
@smacksman (6053)
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16 Apr 08
I'm getting rather tired of all this talk of tons of CO2 for this and that. And does anyone check up on these figures? And what difference does it make anyway?
Ban all travel? Ban all sports events? Ban tractors and plough with a horse? Where will it stop?
