"Laurence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Forget how far the wine has travelled to the UK and how much carbon > footprint that caused. Just think about how much power is used to work > the locks on the MSC! Why 50 tonnes a time on a S H I P canal? This is > nothing but a publicity stunt, the carbon footprint of that 40 mile > journey must be the size of a herd of mammoths after a curry!
If you look at the picture of the barge they are using looks like a 3000 toner to me http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=488290&in_page_id=1770 Don't know where you get your 50tons from
