Novacon Carbon Footprint

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Getting two of us from Edinburgh to Walsall for Novacon:

By air: circa £120 (air fares and taxis), 3 hrs.

By car: circa £120 (petrol and running costs), 6 hrs.

By rail: circa £200, 6 hrs.

And that is booking ten weeks in advance.

According to the Guardian's carbon-offset website, flying would generate 240 kg of carbon dioxide, which would cost £1.77 to offset. Driving would generate 210 kg, costing £1.58 to offset. No data for trains.

EDIT: Or we could give the GoH a lift and split the costs!

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EDIT: Or we could give the GoH a lift and split the costs!

GoH is going down in the Swedish Tank with nojay and myself. There is, alas, only one spare seat, but we are trying to persuade another local fannish type that it's about time he did a Novacon again.

And then there's the additional terror of being driven by me on bits that aren't motorway.