In the event you live in some sort of primitive cave or under a rock, you may not have read or heard anything about Britney Spears in months. If you just happen to own a computer or television however, you've likely been bombarded with images of the troubled pop trainwreck, especially since her breakdown last Friday. Nevermind that her teenage sister recently announced her own pregnancy, Britney is once again the topic du jour, fuelling watercooler talk around the nation. Is she on drugs? Mentally ill? Facing a life threatening conditon that will cause her to die if she's out of the spotlight or away from the paparazzi for more than 14 minutes (this would certainly explain her recent hotel indiscretions with a photographer)?

Whatever your opinon is, there is no denying one thing: Britney is environmentally hazardous. Welcome to Britney Spears week on Ecollo. We'll take a look at some of the damning evidence that Britney is destroying the earth one cheesy pop ballad psychotic episode at a time.

Let's start with her driving. No, I don't mean riding around with her son on her lap or running over various feet with her car, I'm talking about the aimless driving she does all over Los Angeles with no apparent destination in mind. You wonder why Britney loves gas stations so much? Not just because of the limitless supply of free lighters. It's more likely the minimum five Starbucks runs per day require frequent refills for her tank. Britney has recently been spotted driving around in a Mercedes SL65. According to the carbon footprint calculator at Terrapass, if Britney averages 40,000 miles of travel per year in her car, she is creating almost 49,000 lbs of carbon dioxide. That's not the worst news. If you watch the video below, about 45 seconds in, you'll see Britney drive away and an army of vehicles preparing to follow her. If we estimate a modest ten photographers follow Britney in their own vehicles and (correctly) assume a good portion of them drive gas-guzzlers like the Cadillac Escalade (hey, if you're following Brit, you need a pimpin' ride, no?) and travel an estimated 50,000 miles per year, each photographer is likely emitting a minimum 61,000 lbs of carbon dioxide on a yearly basis. This is of course playing a bit on the conservative side. I wouldn't be shocked to learn that Britney and her crew hit the one million pound mark once all is said and done.

Maybe she could give her car a bit of a rest (and improve her health) by bicycling around Malibu a couple time per week. At the very least, choosing a hybrid car as her next major purchase would somewhat soften the blow. With a reported monthly income of over $700,000, Brit could even buy each member of her constant entourage a new bike or hybrid too.

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