Originally Posted by Ron Bennett

And some environmentalists are upset about the torch because of CO2 emissions.

Olympic Torch Emits 5,500 Tons of CO2
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sto...4614004&page=1

According to the article, officials of the following 2012 London games are considering a "carbon neutral" method of some sort of transporting the torch instead of using dedicated jet liners / buses, etc - perhaps they'll switchover to a virtual on-line torch instead that people interact with over the net.

Ron