Posted AT 6:00 AM EDT on 07/05/08
Cut your carbon footprint … take the car
British environmentalist Chris Goodall asserted last year, in his provocative book
How to Live a Low-Carbon Life, that driving your car to the supermarket could be better for the environment than walking there.
It all depended, he said, on the food you use to supply the energy for the stroll. He cited a 1.5-mile (2.4-kilometre) jaunt as an example.
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