Monday, June 16, 2014

Who would win the World Cup of climate change?

In deference to my son, Devin, and the millions of soccer fans glued to their TV's over the next month, we bring you a great article from GRIST on the World Cup of carbon.  Enjoy:

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There are lots of reasons for the green-inclined to give the World Cup a red card. The list of contentious points may include: those enormousconstruction projects in the Amazon, this endangered armadillo, and, of course, the colossal pyre of carbon emissions that come from flying thousands of soccer fans to the Southern Hemisphere.
But some of us can’t help it — we love to watch teams of grown mencrying on the world stage, never mind the sordid backstage. If you want a better reason to root for a team than the color of their jersey (what, isn’t that how you guys pick your favorites? #sporps) here’s a bracket for you!
We set World Cup competitors against each other based on who can get the farthest on the least carbon emissions. The logic being, if you are going to pollute the atmosphere, you should make sure you get a lotta buck for your bang — that is, wealth for your combustive energy
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We'll give you the rest tomorrow.

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