Here’s an unfortunate train of events. When examining Chris Rea’s Driving Home For Christmas song, scientists at the University of Sheffield in the UK found the following (links included):
Well, yes. That “carbon footprint reduction” thing is doubleplus virtuous, of course.
However, as with all ivory-tower cogitations, Real Life™ has an unfortunate knack for making such conclusions look ridiculous:
Needless to say, the Eco-Loons don’t care, because not being able to visit your family at all on Christmas means that your carbon footprint would be lower still.
Which is why scientists should stick to things like discovering a better adhesive that sticks wood to metal, or improving the taste of Slim Jims (to give but two examples), instead of trying to add to the Smug Index of Virtuousness.
Just a thought.
Then again, we have another solution for this bunch of wokey watermelons, to make their carbon footprint go away completely:
…but no doubt someone is going to have a problem with this.