Posted on 07/11/2006 12:53:26 AM PDT by Einigkeit_Recht_Freiheit
If you read the article, apparently the band is doing this in conjunction with Josie and Pussycats in Outerspace.
I never did understand the appeal of Dave Matthews.
They're suckers -- but at least they put their money where their mouth is.
Ofsetting CO2 pollution? I have tried to read this article about 5 times now and I have no clue what it is about. Is there anyone able to read through the double-speak in this one and explain it in 20 words or less?
It's about time travel, didn't you read the Headline?
In all seriousness it isabout the following:
Travelling from A to B in fossil-fuel powered transportation emits a given amount of CO2 into the atmosphere. This can be approximately calculated in you know the distance and type of transportation taken.
If, in turn, you wish to "offset" those emissions, you can purchase carbonn emission reduction credits and/or invest in alternative energy or planting trees that theoretically reduces the amount of carbon in the atmosphere by an amount commensurate with what one has calculated that one has released.
More simply put: If you cut a tree and burn the wood, you are pretty much even if you plant another tree.
I am not a fan either. I own no records, but if they are time travellers, perhaps that says something for them.
There is nothing fundametally wrong with planting trees or investing in alternative energy. The motivation is questionable, but as far as an allocation of capital is concerned, there are worse things.
It sounds like : "I can pollute the enviornment and buy some 'credits' and that means I'm actually cleaning the enviornment."
I don't quite follow.
This is coming from a 'band' that dumped 800 pounds of human waste on sightseeing tourists from their tour bus in Chicago.
http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1479
Are they offsetting the polluton from the millions of fans that have driven to see one of their concerts?
Couldn't we save energy by dumping sewage on tourists?
It is about ending up neutral.
You can't live a modern life without polluting. THe point is to try and offset that pollution.
I drop a stone in the water and it rises. I take one back out and the level goes back. It isn't that simple in a very coomplex system, but that is the concept.
No, I get that. You try to offset one thing with another. If Dave Matthews kills a child yet pays to have another child flown to a place where he can get a life-saving transplant, does that mean he's "even"?
Some might say just don't pollute the enviornment with your tour bus and generators,etc. I guess his Earth Mother doesn't beat out tour dates in Chigago and Tulsa...
Now this is a question that is in the spirit of the article. IMHO it really depends on the circumstances in which the child was killed. If it was accidental, than Matthews actions would be a kind of penance. In God's eyes my understanding is that he would be forgiven. The OJ Simpson Jury would also surely set him free.
Of course, the point is moot given Matthews time-travelling powers. He could simply go back to a point before he killed the child and alter events.
Good calculations. I like it.
A lot can happen in 22.7 seconds. We should all thank Dave Matthews.
These music types are really Maroons.
I was considering it more as a purchased indulgence. I think I'm bound to amuse myself for the next day or so envisioning Dave Mattews showing up at and influencing key dates in history.
I never did understand the appeal of Dave Matthews.
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I saw them perform once on television and I think the secret of their appeal is that they are not, wait, no, that isn't it, it is that they, uh, well you see it is like, you know, it is just like man it is weird, you know, well, like some awesome chick told me that it was supposed to be really cool to listen to Dave Matthews and like, I really want to be cool, man. I just think it would be so awesomely cool to have people tell me that I am like, cool.
Actually seems like pretty good PR to me. Costs less than a marketing action and the press picks it up and it is all positive.
Do you think these guys thought about it on their own?
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