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MelBridgeman · 07-07-2007, 08:10 PM

It has been estimated that between the actual concerts, web streaming and television broadcasting, the Live Earth concert series could produce as much as 200,000 metric tons of carbon, after the conversions from electricity have been calculated.

For the LiveEarth concerts, local airports are expected to be filled with luxury private aircraft ? aircraft that have used large quantities of fuel and polluted the skies for the sake of the environment. A single Gulfstream IV jet burns 5,000 pounds of fuel in the first hour of flight and 3,000 pounds of fuel every additional hour, according to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, a U.S. government agency.

instruments, microphones, lights and the stage itself. A single band alone can require an army of heavy duty trucks to move the equipment. By example, last year?s European tour of legendary rock band, The Who, required 1,000 flight cases to load and unload equipment
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07-07-2007, 08:10 PM	#38
MelBridgeman Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Calgary Exp:	It has been estimated that between the actual concerts, web streaming and television broadcasting, the Live Earth concert series could produce as much as 200,000 metric tons of carbon, after the conversions from electricity have been calculated. For the LiveEarth concerts, local airports are expected to be filled with luxury private aircraft ? aircraft that have used large quantities of fuel and polluted the skies for the sake of the environment. A single Gulfstream IV jet burns 5,000 pounds of fuel in the first hour of flight and 3,000 pounds of fuel every additional hour, according to the National Atmospheric and Oceanic Administration, a U.S. government agency. instruments, microphones, lights and the stage itself. A single band alone can require an army of heavy duty trucks to move the equipment. By example, last year?s European tour of legendary rock band, The Who, required 1,000 flight cases to load and unload equipment ________ Medigap advice Last edited by MelBridgeman; 03-02-2011 at 03:51 PM.