Comments El Gato has made

  • By not having shareholders

    Virgin is a private company.

    Mike Z

    On The Al Gore way posted 3 years, 2 months ago 4 Responses

  • For the most part...

    I agree.  I wish that more corporate leaders follow Richard Branson's lead on this.  I've always believed that in order to tackle climate change, that corporations need to get on board in a big way - this is a step in the right direction.

    However, I'm still curious as to what is the ecological footprint of Virgin's transportation operations.  $3 billion over ten years will purchase a lot of carbon credits, but, from the sound of it, the funds are going into R&D where the benefits may be several years down the road.  So, what's the net benefit of this going to be?  I think this is a reasonable question to ask.

    Mike Z

    On Worth about $20 million per word posted 3 years, 2 months ago 21 Responses

  • just business?

    Does that mean that by far the most ethical  choice among travel options, will henceforth be to travel on a Virgin Group train or airplane, whenever that is possible?

    I'm sure that's what Branson is hoping people think.  I wonder if the greater good would be for him to just shut down his airline and train operations.  What's the net gain (or loss) in GHG emissions going to be between Vigin's transportation business and whatever indirect offsets are created from his investments in developing technologies?

    Mike Z

    On Worth about $20 million per word posted 3 years, 2 months ago 21 Responses

  • Story of B

    Of Daniel Quinn's books, I thought that the Story of B was much better than Ishmael, if not having the same negative qualities mentioned in David's post.  At least the dialogue is between humans and not with a telepathic monkey.On A short review posted 3 years, 2 months ago 114 Responses