Monday, May 21, 2007

Won't Get Fooled Again By the Webloggin Editor

The Who’s Roger Daltry had plenty of things to say about Al Gore’s Live Earth rock concert to promote global warming awareness; none of it good.

“I can’t believe it. Let’s burn even more fuel.

“We have problems with global warming, but the questions and the answers are so huge I don’t know what a rock concert’s ever going to do to help.

“Everybody on this planet at the moment, unless they are living in the deepest rainforest in Brazil, knows about climate change.”

[~snip]

Last week the Live Aid hero lashed out, saying: “Why is Gore actually organising them? To make us aware of the greenhouse effect?

“Everybody’s known about that problem for years. We are all f***ing conscious of global warming.“

Perhaps a change of name such as ‘Live Hypocrisy’ would be more appropriate. Lets consider some of the damaging byproducts of this fools rock show before anyone touts its benefits:

Start with between $2 million and $3 million in carbon offsetting, whatever the hell that means.
The Daily Mail put the waste of such concert tours into perspective:

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