Live Earth

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:08 pm

Oh the irony of putting on huge concerts all across the world to highlight the issues of climate change. Wonder what the energy bill is?

lloydnoise · Post by **lloydnoise** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 1:21 pm

hahahaha

randomhed · Post by **randomhed** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:08 pm

Live bollocks!

Saw a news clip of Joss Stone sayin,

'jus plant a tree init, only takes 5 minutes'

Fuck off.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 6:07 pm

Jubscarz wrote:Wonder what the energy bill is?

sorry you're wrong mate. it's a nearly 75% bio friendly event. the background for the stages are used oil drums or used tires, the stage itself is reclaimed lumber, all the lights are bio friendly.

http://liveearth.org/?p=13

LiveEarth wrote: "Among the steps being taken for our events are:

* All electricity that powers the shows will be from renewable sources, either through utility supplied renewable energy, biodiesel generators, or renewable energy credits.

* Concessionaires will be encouraged to use and directed to suppliers of agricultural/ biodegradable plastics (i.e. made from corn). Also, concessionaire waste will be minimized through a comprehensive recycling and reuse system organized at the venue.

* Venue offices, walkways, etc will be optimized to use as little electricity as possible.

* The entire production design will follow sustainable light design principles. Production lighting will include the use of LED light bulbs, signage will be produced from recycled or agricultural materials, and some tickets will be integrated with public transportation access and green messaging.

* Live Earth staff and artist air travel will be offset through carbon credits

* Ground travel will be hybrid or high-efficiency vehicles, where possible.

randomhed · Post by **randomhed** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:15 pm

Nice of the event to be so eco friendly. I wonder how the 100s of thousands of people attending these events will be getting there and back.

No ones gonna be driving there surely.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:20 pm

randomhed wrote:Nice of the event to be so eco friendly. I wonder how the 100s of thousands of people attending these events will be getting there and back. No ones gonna be driving there surely.

most of the tickets sold came with bus/train tickets included.

dashman · Post by **dashman** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 7:39 pm

any1 see shirka's proformace, dammm it was poor, seem she didnt know the words for hips dont lie lol, or was it her lol

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:18 pm

but Al Gore III speeding in his prius, while high, is kinda ironic.

overdose · Post by **overdose** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:43 pm

Check it. Seckle has some good counter arguments, so far, but what about this link here?

"The most conservative assessment of the flights being taken by its superstars is that they are flying an extraordinary 222,623.63 miles between them to get to the various concerts - nearly nine times the circumference of the world. The true environmental cost, as they transport their technicians, dancers and support staff, is likely to be far higher."

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/f ... ge_id=1879

Jubz · Post by **Jubz** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:55 pm

seckle wrote:
Jubscarz wrote:Wonder what the energy bill is?
sorry you're wrong mate. it's a nearly 75% bio friendly event. the background for the stages are used oil drums or used tires, the stage itself is reclaimed lumber, all the lights are bio friendly.

http://liveearth.org/?p=13

LiveEarth wrote: "Among the steps being taken for our events are:

* All electricity that powers the shows will be from renewable sources, either through utility supplied renewable energy, biodiesel generators, or renewable energy credits.

* Concessionaires will be encouraged to use and directed to suppliers of agricultural/ biodegradable plastics (i.e. made from corn). Also, concessionaire waste will be minimized through a comprehensive recycling and reuse system organized at the venue.

* Venue offices, walkways, etc will be optimized to use as little electricity as possible.

* The entire production design will follow sustainable light design principles. Production lighting will include the use of LED light bulbs, signage will be produced from recycled or agricultural materials, and some tickets will be integrated with public transportation access and green messaging.

* Live Earth staff and artist air travel will be offset through carbon credits

* Ground travel will be hybrid or high-efficiency vehicles, where possible.

No need to be sorry, I did wonder whether this was the case. Besides all the posturing and soundbite's by these celebrities on issues they dont understand is enough to make me angry as it is. I bet all these celebrities wont be using renewable energy when they're on tour.

nospin · Post by **nospin** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:31 am

john mayers fly was down while he performed.

sinc_vision · Post by **sinc_vision** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:12 pm

fuck it, it was all worth it to see that moment when chris rock and ricky gervais were together.
RG: "haven`t you been watching big brother??"
anyone who saw that knows what i`m talking about. classic!

tha_illsta · Post by **tha_illsta** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:30 pm

seckle wrote: it's a nearly 75% bio friendly event.

Come off it mate this has got to be hype

"biodiesel" is just as bad for the environment as any other fuel, if not worse

those stacks don't run themselves now do they?

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 2:53 pm

bio diesel isn't a bad thing.

product · Post by **product** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 4:55 pm

seckle wrote:bio diesel isn't a bad thing.

same carbon emissions, it's just spills aren't as devastating.

paul updat · Post by **paul updat** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:19 pm

seckle wrote:bio diesel isn't a bad thing.

Why did you edit your post?

pk- · Post by **pk-** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:29 pm

it had an environmentally unfriendly number of words

randomhed · Post by **randomhed** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 5:59 pm

This live earth is a load of bollocks. The moral principle is good but it will make fuck all difference. Until China and the US sign up to the carbon treaty we can all be as green as we like but it wont have any significant effect. Joss Stone, Madonna et al can go fuck themselves. I never heard them bleating on about planting a tree 10 years ago. Now that its socially fashionable to be green or should i say be 'seen to be green' every mofo is jumping on the band wagon. David Cameron coming out with vote blue and go green. Yeah whatever mate.

All these pop stars are interested in is keeping there profile up and selling records. All the people going to these events are interested in is having a good time and seeing sting and ooohhh the black eye peas keeping gangsta. Oh yeah and by the way its for the environment init so theres the feel good factor for ya.

What use was live 8, did it change anything? So no one in Africa is starving anymore and all we had to do is go see Madonna. Ahh it makes me feel all warm inside.

I just wish there were more problems in the world so i could go to a concert and help solve them.

seckle · Post by **seckle** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:37 pm

blaming china is a cop out. armchair critique backed by inaction is a cop out. what have you done today to change things?

randomhed · Post by **randomhed** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:44 pm

Today, yesterday, and the day before i didnt travel anywhere to listen to false prophets.

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