This is really cute! Does being green include the massive plumes of black, black smoke that regularly are emitted from the airport? This has been going on for years, and nobody seems to notice or mind. Perhaps someone should enquire as to why that is necessary in the "green" plan. Conservatively, I would suggest one of these episodes, clearly visible for miles, would negate all the things they are boasting about doing. It happens about once a week. Perhaps it should be newsworthy.

Not to mention the fact that jet aircraft are one of the LARGEST polluters on the planet.

Would you rather they not do a darn thing, and if they did nothing would you whine and bitch about that to?

Interesting comment, lostfaith. Another interesting fact is that at the time of 9 11 when all air flights were cancelled for 3 days in the US, the temperature in Arizona increased by a couple of degrees. This was due to the lack of jet clouds that allowed to sun to shine down more intensly on the areas east of LA, San Francisco and Seatle.

So if everyone is concerned about global warming, perhaps we need to promote the creation of clouds to block out the sun. LOL.

How is that for logic.

Further on the global warming issue, check out www.icecap.us and see what the scientists in the know are really saying about C02 and its effect on climate change.

Sure are a lot of whinney people out there. YXS is doing a great job, they will be our economic catalyst, their expansion to find new revenues and the possible new industrial lands.

Way to go Stieg.

Sure are a lot of whinney people out there. YXS is doing a great job, they will be our economic catalyst, their expansion to find new revenues and the possible new industrial lands.

When the the airport had to go to Government for funds it was the death knell for the airport. "Build it and they will come" was their business plan. What they sould of done before the sod was turned they are doing now trying to get cargo planes to use the facility.

They more then likely dont even know how much impact the cost of fuel to airlines will have on air traffic. Mr Hoeg is on autopilot. He dosent know where he is going.

Cheers

I'm not whining. I'm stating a fact. At least once a week there are massive black plumes of smoke eminating from the airport. It isn't a new thing. But if they are going to be posturing about being "green", perhaps they should have a look at that. And maybe some other folks in position to do something about it should too.

I too plan to become green. Going to paint my old junker green, Going to fertilize my lawn so it becomes green, Going to try to keep a few after tax greenbacks in my green purse and trying not to turn green after hearing some of the political retoric that abounds. Oh yes, i wil be doing my bit for the environment by not driving as much (can't afford to after city taxes and gas price increases) Think green. it's the latest buzword folks.

Watch waht will happen to this little tidbit in the news. This could be a major short term problem for the oilsands. Could send gasoline prices even higher since the sands oil is a major source of the oil supply to the US. I was wondering when there would be reaction from some of the users.

http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc/home/contentposting.aspx?isfa=1&feedname=CTV-TOPSTORIES_V3&showbyline=True&newsitemid=CTVNews%2f20080624%2foilsands_boycott_080624

"Pierre Alvarez of the Canadian Association of Oil Producers, said such a resolution would be almost impossible to enforce because a litre of fuel cannot be traced back to the oil from which it was produced."

Guess this person has something to learn about what consumers did to forest products. They had to put a "chain of custody" system in place to ensure that the fibre that went into the purchase of a magazine came from a forest which is maionaged to be sustainable.

Would not be too difficult to set up a similar system for the oil industry.

So, green has been the word for a while. The question is, what will be audited and what will not be audited.

Well, whinney is what a horse says, and I doubt that we have equine participation on this forum. So what we do have is a diverse group expressing opinions, which may easily be construed as complaining by some. Thankfully we live in a free country, and are soon to be carbon neutral/eco friendly/green/low emission. That's all for now.
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