[Liverpool] Fwd: FOSDEM X: 6+7 February 2010

[Simon Johnson]

2009/7/16 Richard Smedley <smedley358 at btinternet.com>

> Hello Tim,
>
> Tim Dobson wrote:
> > Andrew Williams wrote:
> >> Looks interesting, and hopefully i'll be able to afford it this time
> >> round. I'll pencil it in :)
> >
> > Tip: fly Ryanair (how much luggage do you need for a techie
> > conference?!) to Charloi airport 15miles south - ~£45 pounds return
>
> Tip - stop f***ing up the planet with CO2 & never
> fly again. There is *nowhere* in Europe not easily
> reachable by train.
>

We shouldn't have to sacrifice fast travel to reduce CO2 emissions.

There's no reason whatsoever why planes couldn't run on liquid hydrogen,
produced through a combination of renewables and nuclear energy.

This would give us fast transport in a way that has precisely zero
emissions.

The trick to being green is *not *to change people's behavior. That's far
too hard to do. The trick is to make whatever they're already doing less
damaging.

Simon.
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