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Post by Rishi Wed Feb 05, 2014 8:13 am

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/04/the_meteorologist_who_vowed_to_never_fly_again_just_took_a_28_hour_bus_ride/

s hard to break a resolution that’s gone viral. And four months after meteorologist Eric Holthaus announced, via Twitter, that — for the sake of reducing his carbon footprint — he would never fly again, he still has yet to board an airplane.

Four months, of course, isn’t so long. Holthaus has been replacing his once-busy travel schedule with video conferences, working remotely on his project in Ethiopia and otherwise entertaining himself from his home in Wisconsin.

But last week, he was given the first real test of his pledge: getting to Atlanta for the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society. He chose to take the bus (narrowly missing the city’s two-inch snowfall and resulting gridlock). As is his style, he live-tweeted the 28-hour journey, and, in a piece for Slate, concluded that it was definitely worth it:


>>> Why set yourself up by making these stupid pledges?



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