[kj] OT : Live Earth etc ...

[Christof hamille]

Isn't the irony that putting on this event is wasting a massive amount of 
fuel/energy?
There is no way that the stadium lights are eco-friendly.  Or the gobs of 
people going to the event are walking.
It is easy to look down up on a mountain top.

Chris


>From: "Rob Horan" <Rob at westwoodassociates.co.uk>

>Reply-To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the 

>band!)"<gathering at misera.net>

>To: "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)" 

><gathering at misera.net>

>Subject: Re: [kj] OT : Live Earth etc ...

>Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 11:04:34 +0100

>

>To be fair to Mads (I aint no fan believe me) and any other musician,

>none of us were thinking carbon footprints until 12 months ago......

>Yes that 'Diana and me' shite was unbelievably poor (except for Harry's

>bird Chelsy of course!!) - the adulation of Diana drives me f*ckn

>loopy.....

>

>-----Original Message-----

>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]

>On Behalf Of pssyche23

>Sent: 03 July 2007 22:03

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: [kj] OT : Live Earth etc ...

>

>Funny feature on the BBC London news this evening ... in view of

>Madonna's

>headline appearance at this weekend's Live Earth "gig" at Wembley

>Stadium,

>they did a check up on her carbon footprint ... whereas the average

>Londoner

>comes in at about 10 (tons of CO2), Madge clocks up 1,000+ ... she has

>the

>carbon footprint of approx 14,000 Malawi citizens ... I didn't really

>know

>whether to laugh or cry ... at least the early evening finish last

>Sunday at

>Lords meant that I managed avoid bumping into the massed hordes leaving

>the

>"Concert For Diana" ... what a puke inducing thought ... anyway, we had

>a

>right old storm in London early this evening ... not much to rival what

>our

>good friends across the pond experience in Tornado alley but exciting

>enough

>for us to have a feature on the BBC News website ...

>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6267038.stm ... I kinda saw it

>coming

>when I left work at 16:45 BST ... it was impressive enough for me to get

>the

>camera out & take a snap ... http://home.clara.net/antoni/darksky.JPG

>... I

>managed to jump on the bus before the torrential downpour and hail ...

>phew.

>

>Regards, Antoni

>

>

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