Post by: Paddy on July 06, 2007, 02:14:38 PM
algore, however, is a freaking idiot. Get this quote from him
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"This is going to be the greenest event of its kind, ever," Gore told The Associated Press recently. "The carbon offsets and the innovative practices that are being used to make this a green event, I think, will set the standard for years to come."
Is he actually arrogant enough to think he can quantify total carbon emissions from planet earth? (As if human produced carbon emissions even produce global warming in the first place)
Post by: crt360 on July 06, 2007, 04:26:17 PM
So, I guess you can light up, but you can't exhale until you purchase a carbon offset. 
Post by: HankB on July 06, 2007, 04:47:02 PM
Post by: Dannyboy on July 06, 2007, 05:29:19 PM
Post by: mountainclmbr on July 06, 2007, 05:56:29 PM
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on July 06, 2007, 06:42:26 PM
It simply astounds me that so many people can be so stupid. This Live Earth crap is a compelling argument against universal suffrage.
Post by: Monkeyleg on July 06, 2007, 06:45:18 PM
Post by: Manedwolf on July 06, 2007, 10:43:37 PM
They put on an old Roy Rogers radio commercial for a hat that had a capgun in it, "surprise your friends and have a real Western gun pop out" and then a cap-gun sound. And then the commentator said "Yeah, we didn't know what the consequences of that would be then, either. Live Earth, coming..."
Was like...Excuse me? What are you trying to say, there?
Post by: MechAg94 on July 07, 2007, 05:32:47 AM
Well, why don't we have some Dead Earth celebrations?
We could just have a Whatever Earth celebration. 
Post by: Paddy on July 07, 2007, 05:39:00 AM
Post by: Sergeant Bob on July 07, 2007, 06:07:57 AM
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A huge industry has sprung up to provide corporations with carbon credits.
However, critics say that the practice is simply a way for consumerist industries and nations to export their responsibility to developing countries. Others say it simply does not work.
Carbon-offsetting is, it turns out, how celebrities square green issues with their extravagant lifestyles and use of private jets.
Jon Bon Jovi has said: "We wrote a cheque, we took care of our footprint and raised awareness, blah blah blah."
However, critics say that the practice is simply a way for consumerist industries and nations to export their responsibility to developing countries. Others say it simply does not work.
Carbon-offsetting is, it turns out, how celebrities square green issues with their extravagant lifestyles and use of private jets.
Jon Bon Jovi has said: "We wrote a cheque, we took care of our footprint and raised awareness, blah blah blah."
I hate to be cliche' (not really, it fits) but "Follow the money".
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on July 07, 2007, 06:11:21 AM
Post by: Gewehr98 on July 07, 2007, 10:35:52 AM
Post by: Perd Hapley on July 07, 2007, 11:28:05 AM
Carbon Credits of 2007 = Papal Indulgences of 1517
You will all burn, heretics.
Post by: Manedwolf on July 07, 2007, 11:39:57 AM
Also, need the bang-head-on-wall icon:
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Organizers promised the huge shows were made green by using recycled goods and buying carbon credits to offset the inevitable high power bills.
Critics say Live Earth lacks achievable goals, and that jet-setting rock stars whose amplifier stacks chew through power may send mixed messages about energy conservation. On her tour last year, Madonna produced an estimated 485 tons of carbon dioxide in four months, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported.
Critics say Live Earth lacks achievable goals, and that jet-setting rock stars whose amplifier stacks chew through power may send mixed messages about energy conservation. On her tour last year, Madonna produced an estimated 485 tons of carbon dioxide in four months, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported.
Post by: El Tejon on July 07, 2007, 01:51:08 PM
Lots of guilt-ridden, wanna be hippie girls wearing faux hippie clothing purchased with daddy's credit cards.
"Look, Amber, for the sake of the Earth, I have to do you, repeatedly."
Post by: nico on July 07, 2007, 04:54:24 PM
Carbon Credits of 2007 = Papal Indulgences of 1517
I've been thinking the same thing.
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 08, 2007, 04:18:12 AM
"we were suppossed to do the Live Earth concert but couldn't" Read between the lines...this sold out concert is a money maker and screw live earth.....
"turn off the lights and use less gas"
"The earth is going away"
No, I'm not making this *expletive deleted*it up. My wife's best friend found it just as comical as I did. Wife didn't get why I was cussing and laughing.
Post by: Sergeant Bob on July 08, 2007, 10:43:42 AM
It just cracked me up. I can just see Algore and a bunch of these other environmentalist elitists all bundled up, huddling together in their mansions trying to keep warm.
Post by: griz on July 08, 2007, 11:53:37 AM
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Of course, Live Earth is doing its utmost to ensure the event is 'green' in appearance at least - stars will be ferried between the stage and dressing room by energy-efficient Smart Cars and biodiesel fuelled Mercedes.
Hmmm? Fly your whole crew to the concert and have the star driven the last couple feet in an earth friendly car? I figured it out. The earth isn't warming, it just feels like it is because these folks are up to their eyeballs in warm and fuzzy feelings.
Post by: nico on July 08, 2007, 06:28:23 PM
jamisjockey: small world. My roomate and his girlfriend were there too.
Post by: Jamisjockey on July 09, 2007, 03:06:49 AM
griz, well what do you expect them to do? walk from the dressing room to the stage?
jamisjockey: small world. My roomate and his girlfriend were there too.
I didn't want to go, but the wife's been on my ass about being negative....so when they said they wanted to buy tickets for Faith Hill and Tim McGraw I just shut my piehole.
jamisjockey: small world. My roomate and his girlfriend were there too.
Post by: Nitrogen on July 09, 2007, 10:39:51 PM
It's much easier to do that, than to actually make sacrifices like driving less, making the kids walk to school, carpooling, turning off your A/C, etc...
That would require actual WORK now wouldn't it?!
Post by: LadySmith on July 10, 2007, 10:01:02 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070710/tv_nm/concert_ratings_dc_3