Lexus Delivers McCartney's Hybrid Car Via Jumbo Jet

[Matt Molnar]

Paul McCartney 'horrified' as his eco car is flown 7,000 miles from Japan
By Rob Davies
Last Updated: 12:33PM BST 13/05/2008

Sir Paul McCartney is said to be "horrified" that his new eco-friendly car was flown 7,000 miles from Japan.

The Lexus LS600H, which costs £84,000, was a gift from Lexus to the 65-year-old former Beatle, who helped promote the hybrid vehicle.

But instead of arriving by boat as expected, the car was flown to Britain on a Korean Air flight, creating a carbon footprint almost 100 times bigger than if it had come by sea.

Sir Paul is a vocal advocate of vegetarianism and has long been a poster child for environmental activism. [Full Article]

[stuart schechter]

that picture in the article scares me...

What I don't get is that that KAL flight still would have happened, and the boat still would have travelled where it did, so how is that reducing the carbon footprint. All methods of transportation still would have done what they did whether or not his lexus was on that plane.