Novacon Carbon Footprint

[major_clanger]

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!

Comments

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

What a pain. The time and bother spent planning public transport journeys is a cost in itself, and is why many people would rather drive.

[brixtonbrood.livejournal.com]

But planning road journeys is also a meaningful cost - especially once you've checked the traffic/roadwork reports and in extreme cases webcams. I had to do serious thought to plan a decent time of day to drive down to Kent last weekend, then more serious planning to decide which of the various diversions I should use to take us round the flooded A20 (watermain not rain) and then we ended up stuck in roadworks on the M20 for an hour anyway, because I didn't realise that the normally manageable 1 lane closure becomes a 2 lane closure in the evenings.

I would normally spend at least as much time planning a long drive as I would buying a train ticket.