A major global warming threat identified
Santa told to sack his gas-emitting team of reindeer
RAYMOND HAINEY
REINDEER-drawn sleds have been slammed as environmentally unfriendly, because the carrot-munching animals produce the greenhouse gas methane in their wind.
Now Santa has been urged to ditch his sleigh team and start travelling on public transport to cut down on greenhouse gas emissions.
It has been calculated that Santa's team of nine reindeer would emit methane with a global warming impact equivalent to more than 40,600 tonnes of greenhouse gases on the 122 million mile Christmas Eve dash to deliver presents around the world.
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