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My Boss Has A Helicopter
(I'm feeling Blackhawk Down!)
My boss owns a helicopter to take him around town or home or to meetings. It sets off every car alarm in the parking lot during take off and landing which is generally pretty funny as long as you aren't in the parking lot at the time. If you are in the lot during a take off or landing you will probably sustain major hearing loss, but since we have free medical coverage, I guess it's a risk most of us are willing to take on a daily basis.
Doing some really simple math during lunch my coworkers and I figured out the helicopter probably dumps about
140 metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere a year, if it's used twice a day which is about the same as 150 Hummers driving 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for a year. And this made us think.
Why does no one complain about helicopters flying into the Grand Canyon constantly? And how would people react if a convoy of 150 Hummers were seen driving down the Canyon? It's the same thing, ecologically. FInancially the convoy of Hummers could carry more people thus make more money. And then we thought some more.
Why is everyone screaming at we the people to 'go green' when most homes average 15,000 metric LITRES of carbon dioxide every year? Good Christ, I could leave my house lit up like a Christmas tree all year and wouldn't even come close to 150 Hummers or 1 Helicopter!
Thus at the end of lunch we made a pact--we promised none of us would ever buy a fleet of 150 Hummers or 1 Helicopter...but if the boss ever offers anyone of us a lift home in his whirly bird, we will not refuse!
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