THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: MrAngryFace on May 14, 2008, 11:03:16 PM
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24630752/
LONDON - Sometimes it seems Paul McCartney can't win for losing.
The former Beatle has long been an outspoken advocate of environmental causes and animal rights. He is a vegetarian who won't even wear leather shoes. But now he's being criticized for having a hybrid Japanese car flown to him in Britain rather than having it sent by ship.
It must have seemed like a good idea at the time. The car in question is an $158,000 Lexus LS 600h, a luxury sedan that offers both high performance and a reassuring "green" patina because it uses a hybrid system that relies on an electric motor at low speeds.
Best of all, it was to be a gift from the Lexus car company, which sponsored McCartney's 2005 tour of the United States.
But environmentalists quickly pointed out that the use of a cargo plane to deliver the car to England completely offset any environmental gains resulting from the car's use.
"It's like driving the car 300 times around the world," says Gary Rumbold, the director of the British branch of co2balance, which helps businesses and individuals gauge their carbon emissions footprint. "It seems like somebody at Lexus made an error in judgment. They wanted to get something to McCartney promptly, but it backfired. They should have waited a few weeks and sent it by ship."
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I can only imagine the television news pieces with "drive my car" playing in the background. This is the worst thing he has done to the planet since he released "Give My Regards to Broad Street."
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Rich people. ::)
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This is the worst thing he has done to the planet since he formed a shitty band with John Lennon
fixed for truthiness
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This is the worst thing he has done to the planet since he formed a shitty band with John Lennon
fixed for truthiness
John and Paul never formed a separate... :o :omg
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This is the worst thing he has done to the planet since he formed a shitty band with John Lennon
fixed for truthiness
Such a band never existed since the Beatles (or whatever they were called at the time) were formed by Lennon. Paul joined the band later on.
No go listen to some matchbox 20.
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Environmentalists. LAWL :lol :lol :lol :lol