11
07
2007
Rock/pop concerts are never environmentally friendly!
Posted by: Jym, in Environment, Opinions
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Ever wonder how many mega-watts required to power a typical rock concert?
Ever wonder how much fuel it takes to fly these stars around?
Ever wonder why charge admission for an awareness programme?
Ever wonder why invent carbon credits?
Ever wonder expecting lots of people to watch their TVs for almost the whole day is wasting time and energy?
Don’t stop wondering… It’s a whole load of hypocrisy and $$$ profiting scam!
Find out more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_earth#Carbon_footprint
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html
Another simple way to look at conservation of energy:
conserve energy = cost saving = good for your wallet and our environment.
It’s that simple! If you really wanna be environmentally friendly,
DO NOT SUPPORT SUCH STUPID EVENTS!!
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July 12th, 2007 at 1:26 am
It is quite true that these concert might do harm much more than they do good. However I do see the point of having them to reach out to the general public. As in people who usually don’t give a rats until come singer they like point out something. Even then, it is questionable whether people like that will do anything, or do it on a regular basis.
I haven’t read much up on what the concert is about, whether if some money goes into some type of funding, etc. But it does hold some merit, if you think about it this way. Instead of some concert of band promoting their music(which is probably cost the same energies,etc.), they include a little message to reach the general public.
They might be hypocrite of doing the concert and not just actively doing eco-friendly things, but then again they might, but the media doesn’t show much(or they might not). But the point of the concert isn’t about that, it’s about bringing the message of global warming to people who might have not really care, or know. If the stuff they use up in those concert, which isn’t much when compared to what all the population are doing, can help reduce things then I think it’s for a good cause. Of course whether the viewer gets the urge to do something about it is up to them.
I’m just probably rambling on the same thing huh? heheh. Basically I can see your points, but the concert is about bring out messages, like yours (conserve energy = cost saving), but to a much wider audience, so of course it’s going to take some resources. And it’s always more convincing if some one you like ask you to do it. Again I don’t know too much about Live Earth, I’m just assuming they just share some common fact about our environment and how to reduce the damage we do to it. Sorry for any confusing, my English isn’t all that good. : )
July 12th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Woah.. I guess we are more or less on the same side
My post was more of questioning their intentions by highlighting the means that was used to achieve these messages.
I do agree with you that it would take much more resources to reach to a wider audience. Sadly, much of the so-call eco messages appeared in between the concerts, much like TV commercials when most people would use as “go-to-the toilet or fridge” time.