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As long as people railing against suburbs, commercial air travel, consuming meat, using more than one square of toilet paper, et cetera...

How about some discussion of spectator mega-sports? Huge brightly lit stadiums. Thousands of people converging on them by automobile. People grilling food over charcoal. Athletes flying all over the world.  The rampant consumerism dependent on advertising delivered during such events.

Seems to me it must generate an enormous amount of excess CO2 and other environmental hazards. Should we be banning this sort of stuff? Efficiency is not even relevant... what value can someone even assign to sitting on your butt watching someone else play baseball or run around in circles on a track?

Shouldn't true environmentalists be calling for an end to spectator sports and a return to wholesome simulated war between local teams composed of ourselves and our neighbors? Perhaps even dispense with the synthetic ball and go back to kicking a head between villiages? It would result in a more fit citizenry and build community.

Forward!

I lived in Louisville, Ky, until recently.  The environmental consequences of the Derby are enormous.  And before the Derby, there is a godawful event called Thunder Over Louisville where planes fly all over the river, people picnic on the Ohio's banks (and litter), and a gazillion fireworks go off.  The air and ground pollution is amazing.  Then there is a parade- I drove down the main street after the parade and the trash was piled waist high- I kid you not.
Also:  Let's have an end to flying to environmental (and other) conferences!

An ounce of practice is worth twenty thousand tons of big talk. -Vivekananda