You DON'T like Live Earth: http://www.liveearth.org/
Where to begin? Ah yes, celebrities - people who on any other day fly around in private jets, reside in 10,000 square foot homes and are whisked through cities in stretched SUVs. But for this special day, they love the planet.
How about the fans? Tens of thousands of them around the world driving their cars to concrete parking lots to herd into vast stadiums pulsating with electricity. They'll buy the tee-shirt and feel good about themselves whenever they think about being at the concert but continue living their lives virtually the same way they've always lived them.
And the media, the hype machine that lends significance to these vapid demonstrations. Will a mainstream network or newspaper calculate the cost in fossil fuel to ferry all of these singers to the venues, or tally the landfills swollen by the garbage left behind, or challenge the sheer idiocy of thinking that rocking out for an afternoon has anything whatsoever to do with climate change?
The whole thing is bullshit.
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