Live Earth

I tuned in for long enough to see that the concerts were arranged to be [5 minute song - 5 minutes commercials - 5 minute song - 5 minutes commercials] over and over again.

Someone made a fortune on that concert, and it wasn't the planet.
 
I actually watched some of the concert in Brazil over the internet. Lenny Kravitz was pretty good.
 
It was crap. The concert-goers in England left so much rubbish and trash behind them (ignoring the special recycling bins provided) so as to render the entire exercise utterly futile and hypocritical. Plus Metallica's set got cut short for NO reason and the BBC recieved over 400 complaints about that. They were the only act that was edited. Fucking crap. All they have to do is make everybody read The Road by Cormac McCarthy and you'd start seeing a real response. Sure, it's more about the effects of a nuclear war, but the horror is still palpable.
 
nuclear war? The Road is PA, but how does it explain continuously burning forrests even in wintertime?
 
As i understood it, the book was inspired by the author reading about the theoretical effects of nuclear devastation, that is, people instantly burned into the tarmac, perpetual darkness caused by ash thrown up into the atmosphere etc. All of the forests were burned to dead wood, which was then periodically set alight by the frequent lightning and electrical storms. That's what i took from it anyway, although another possibility that McCarthy hinted at was a cosmic disaster like a meteor strike.
 
I thought the book was really about a relationship between a father and a son? That the story was dedicated and inspired by his son.
 
welsh said:
I thought the book was really about a relationship between a father and a son? That the story was dedicated and inspired by his son.
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Yes, you're right it is about that. I was just theorizing about the background because we know so little about it. I don't suppose it matters really. The best thing is, a book with the word 'Bloodcult' in it won the Pulitzer prize for literature, heh.
 
I just think we should designate something like 90% of most countries as national parks and clump people into urban centers.

Especially in America, where suburban sprawl is horrible.


that way, most land is considered protected, and we have the other 10% to live on and waste on.

As for air quality... renewable power sources, algae based biodiesel, limitations on animal farming.

:D

some people would call that too restricting.
To them I say, why should that matter to you?.
 
It's just a bunch of bullshit, horray for all the artists flying private jets aswell :roll:
 
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