re: climate impact of people choosing to attend/host big events (burning man,...
re: climate impact of people choosing to attend/host big events (burning man, Berlin Marathon)
Everything we do is transformation of fossil fuels.
- all food - natural gas -> fertilizer -> grain -> meat (grass, you're so funny, it is a rounding error)
- all services - food -> people -> services
- all goods - oil -> plastic, oil -> ship, oil -> operate
You can't give up oil like cigarettes.
Self-replies
People (including me!) tend to think about climate as being a problem of direct usage of fossil fuels, e.g.
- car (burning gasoline)
- house (burning gas)
Leaving things like books, clothing, side walks as innocent consumption. But all of that is embodied fossil fuel usage.
(how to get out of the Bors, guy in a well, "yet you participate in society problem"... I think most likely we will set all the fossil fuels on fire and wreck the global climate. We're good at making evolutionary changes (10% more fuel efficient cars!), but not good at leaving perfectly burnable fossil fuel in the ground forever & making sure no one else sets it on fire either)
Our efforts to reduce-reuse-recycle are lotto tickets that we might escape this mess.