To think these sporting events should be banned?

It’s always banning things that they don’t personally care for. Nobody wants to give up any of the things that they enjoy, want or need. It’s always the stuff that someone else enjoys that is the problem.

I do not drive and only travel in a car (taxi or a lift from someone else) a handful of times a year. That doesn’t mean cars should be banned.

It irks me when people who live a much more carbon inefficient lifestyle day-to-day than I do, decide that it’s my one flight a year that is killing the planet. We all have to make our choices and try to reduce what we can, but you can’t expect everyone to have exactly the same priorities.

Some people don’t use cars, some give up meat, some don’t travel internationally, some avoid fast fashion, but very few people are willing or able to cut all of those things.

Obviously we should stop all of this if we want to continue as a species.

The problem is that everyone’s pet favourite thing is something that makes them want to continue as a species and without it they don’t really think life is worth living.

EVERYTHING should be ‘costed’ environmentally - the World Cup is by far the worst.

We live in a world that now needs to ‘cost’ everything environmentally or WE ALL DIE.

But people refuse to do it because we’re stupid as fuck and think capitalism is the best system 🤷‍♀️

The World Cup should now be held forever in Qatar as the stadiaii have now been belt and it’s a central hub in the world (obviously loads of political reasons why it shouldn’t be there).

but we’re fucking stupid and move this shit around every 4 years.

There are 2 things you can do as an individual, don’t go (obviously) and tell every politician you know and everyone you know that we’re all going to die if we don’t stop.

which is why I will now repeat WE’RE ALL GOING TO DIE IF WE DON’T STOP 😂

This argument that because things cost money they should be banned is hilarious. Money spent on anything goes back into the economy. It's only when money is retained by individuals, cooperatives or governments that there are problems.

When people complain that a space programme costs billions of dollars I think they actually believe that money is burnt as fuel, when actually it has created jobs and fuelled the economy. Yes, you could argue the money could be directed differently but that's a different argument.

Sorry, partial derail I know.

I believe in climate change, but unless we ban all air travel (and even then, travel by boat isn't exactly eco friendly) I am not persuaded that banning international sport could make a meaningful difference. The answer is to keep working on decarbonisation of a) industry and b) air travel.

I assume you’ll be stopping using the internet then?

CO2 production to keep the internet and everything associated with it - 780 million tonnes/year

CO2 caused by F1 - 149,000 tonnes/year

People are becoming very eager to ban everything. It's annoying.

YABU.

You do understand that most soy production is for the meat industry, right? 75-80% of all soybean crop goes to animal feed.

Soy wax is really not an issue. The beans that are used to produce it end up as animal feed in the end. The meat and dairy industries are the main driver of soybean production, not people buying candles and wax melts.

Cold Play and Taylor Swift both sold more that 10 millions tickets in their recent global tours. Should concerts (and music festivals) be banned too?

And let’s not talk about the impact of soy and the various GM foodstuffs.
I won’t even buy soy wax candles it’s such an unsustainable crop.

@Nofeckingway There is a cost cap in F1. The teams all spend nearly identical amounts on their cars.

also, I hope you don’t buy cheap shit from China. If we want to start reducing our impact on climate we should put the Chinese mega factories out of business

The argument that we should not do one thing to help the climate crisis because there are also other things we could/ should do makes no sense.

In fact I do not fly and I also buy British to avoid air miles. It is not easy as many "home" brands are in fact made far away.

I was about to check this as that many people seemed impossible to me!

I thought you were going to say boxing . Huge crowds in Ireland to watch one woman Katie Taylor , beat and punch another woman . Disgusting in my opinion . Never mind the links there with organised crime .

F1 is also disgusting in my opinion. The amount of money is obscene . To prove what ? A team with more money spends it on more efficient cars.

But just because I hate them doesnt mean I don't understand that so many people do enjoy them. There is no solution to this.

Lol. I’m “only” vegetarian but why would vegans only be eating out if season veg? Or live off avocados? Do you have any idea of what a vegan diet entails? Clearly not!

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also, I hope you don’t buy cheap shit from China. If we want to start reducing our impact on climate we should put the Chinese mega factories out of business

Flying has long been known to make a big contribution to climate change ... hence I do not fly.
But honestly in the main no-one gives a toss. They whizz around pleasuring themselves without a thought.
I don't know how this can be changed if people do not care, which it seems they do not.
How to persuade people to care?

Don't be absurd. Of course it can't be banned!

Tennis (ATP tour is 60 held across 29 countries)
Football
Golf
That's 3 straight away......

As said before they don't fly private, except maybe a couple of the top drivers who make their own arrangements. And for this particular race quite a few live in Italy or Monaco so not that far to travel anyway.

Football is probably worse all those international games and if you take into account all the countries where it is played weekly (think of the leagues in this country multiplied by dozens of other countries) and all the amateur and all the school and other clubs, it must be hugely costly in climate change terms from all the travel by car, coach, plane, etc, etc. Let's ban all sports and all entertainment that would be great.

This.

I’m am f1 fan and agree with this. The number of races held in places with dreadful human rights records is something I’d really like to see reduced. I’m not sad to see the Middle East races cancelled this year.

And even if they had what fuel would power the power stations used to charge them all?

I would venture that glory seeking Manchester United fans for around 20-25 games at Old Trafford involves more travelling and carbon footprint, never mind any other club with a significant non-local following.

The concern re F1 I think is equally or more valid is the role it has in normalising hosting events in countries where women's rights are limited.

Vegan is not environmentally friendly. Your out of season fruit and veg travel thousands of miles and your avocados take thousands of upon thousand of water to produce them

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