The Carbon-Neutral Vacation
Travelers are running into an uncomfortable reality: Going green means sacrificing some luxuries. The tough choices ahead as resorts try to cater to eco-conscious consumers.
By JEFFREY BALL
July 28, 2007Great Bear Rainforest, Canada
“No” is a word seldom heard by the guests of King Pacific Lodge, a deluxe floating inn on the remote British Columbia coast. A three-night stay starts at about $5,000 per head, including the float-plane flights to and from the front door but not the spa treatments or the Cuban cigars.
But “no” is the answer California investment-banking executive Aaron Gurewitz got one Saturday this month when he requested three of the lodge’s twin-engine boats to ferry seven people in his corporate party out for an afternoon of salmon fishing. A lodge staffer refused, explaining three boats would represent too much horsepower per person. When Mr. Gurewitz offered to pay extra for the fuel, he was informed the issue wasn’t money. It was global warming.
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There has go to be a better way than this!
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kenny (kentronix) // April 25, 2008 at 11:25 am |
Just though I would say the video above (which is me) was kind of for comic effect. We did use lots of bottles on this trip, which certainly isn’t ideal but we also filled up from many places from recycled vegetable oil, including one from a viagra factory in belgium. We now run it off filtered waste oil which we collect from local restaurants. The next trip is planned to be using 100% waste oil. Its 100% carbon neutral and doesn’t involve lots of bottles.