• Michal@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 year ago

    Cycling is environmentally friendly, but let’s not equate world championship to cycling as transport. The event itself must have a lot carbon footprint. Still, weird choice of event to protest, but I can see them doing what they can to get the publicity they need.

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      1 year ago

      The event itself must have a lot carbon footprint.

      Same is true for almost every form of entertainment but it’s a drop in the bucket compared to the truly big polluters.

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        1 year ago

        Sources of entertainment have - by definition - more viewers and attention than Exxon’s office building.

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          Sources of entertainment have - by definition - more viewers and attention than Exxon’s office building.

          I always find it odd when people claim that something is by definition. Whose definition?

          Anyway, this event is promoting cycling and disrupting a cycling event does nothing to help further promoting any form of cycling.