The latest issue of Wired highlights the new term locosexual, used to describe someone who considers the environmental impact of any travelling they do in order to support their romantic life.

Locasexual n. An environmentalist who applies locavore logic to affection and, on principle, will date only locally. Refusing long-distance attachments and coolly calculating “sex miles,” this carbon-conscious canoodler makes love as romantic as a spreadsheet.

Ironically, the greenest dating you can do is online where one of the key advantages is the opportunity to meet people outside your local area. I have a friend from Germany who married a Canadian he met online and I’d bet they burned less carbon over the web, and a couple of vacations, than most Angelenos do getting across the city for $14 cocktail hook-ups.

It’s an interesting idea though. There’s definately the potential for dating sites to allow users to have strict control over how widely their profile can be seen, guaranteeing they’ll only hear from – or see – people within a couple of miles of home. Does anyone think that’s brilliant?

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