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- Jyaif, on 04/26/2008, -53/+341me, I don't go to school because of the global warming.
- theragu40, on 04/26/2008, -54/+288I guess you have to respect the effort to make a difference on a personal level, but you know - there are transatlantic flights every day. If they take a flight that is already going overseas instead of flying a personal jet, they wouldn't really be contributing anything extra to emissions.
- xenonflash, on 04/26/2008, -191/+399I just lost a little respect for Radiohead.
- codaofchoice, on 04/26/2008, -177/+363Ultra-pretension. Jesus.
- inactive, on 04/26/2008, -41/+175trust me, he's a reasonable man, get off his case
- kingUssop, on 04/26/2008, -27/+159Did anyone read the article? NBC is having some kind of Green Week so it makes sense.
- inactive, on 04/26/2008, -26/+114The environmental movement appreciates you being dumb and obedient.
- pegothejerk, on 04/26/2008, -53/+141Since when is living by example instead of just preaching "ultra-pretension"?? Mr. Yorke's lyrics show concern for humanity and our state of evolution, and instead of just talking about it and raking in the dough, they provide examples here and there. It's obviously necessary for them to tour to do their jobs, but to fly just to promote when you are freakin HUGE seems like a waste if they don't deem it necessary. That's not pretension. That's honorable.
Pretension would be to fly everywhere assuming the reporters will just flock to them as they come to each city, without calling ahead to confirm promotional events. - gubatron2, on 04/26/2008, -19/+81On other news, Radiohead funds Teleporting Research project
- z3nbrain, on 04/26/2008, -12/+58This is awesome. The majority of diggers are ***** idiots.
a) this article is 4 days old
b) Radiohead didn't "Turn down an offer to appear live at Conan" ... It was set up that they were to record the live performance in London, as part of NBC's "Green Week" to raise awareness. You ***** tards are making it out to seem like Radiohead decided to say "***** you" to the show by recording it live instead of flying overseas to perform one goddamn song. - VIPAccess, on 04/26/2008, -26/+71Almost had a heart attack. Thought the headline meant the US Tour.
- mywhitenoise, on 04/26/2008, -6/+38I ordered that $80 In Rainbows album, took over a month and a half to get it shipped. Know why? Because they shipped them all by boat. Radiohead is pretty serious about this.
- redcolumbine, on 04/26/2008, -2/+30As I recall from Sesame Street, all counting starts with 1.
- culbeda, on 04/26/2008, -13/+37Based on the fact that your ignorant statement already has 120 diggs and the other comments on here, I'd say I've lost what little respect I had left for Digg. Since when is doing what you believe to be in best interest of the planet / world at BAD thing?
- topgigmedia, on 04/26/2008, -17/+40using one's celebrity to engage people in conversation about incedibly important issues that impact all of humanity is not pretencious, it is noble. Look beyond the trivial fact that they choose not fly on one single plane, but the fact that they have people taking about global warming again.
Drop in the bucket, but still better than learning about other senseless celebrity gossip, no? - trumpydumpy, on 04/26/2008, -21/+43Yeah, just like that ONE piece of litter won't cancel out all the other tens of thousands of morons that litter, right?
I mean, ***** it, if everyone's doing it, lets all just throw ***** out our windows, and drive massive SUVs while doing it, right? - retawd, on 04/26/2008, -3/+24Read how my balls work when they come in contact with your chin.
- terminal157, on 04/26/2008, -15/+29Yeah, damn, I hate it when musicians have a conscience and act on it. They should play music like good monkeys and shut up. They aren't real people, after all, and they owe us their very souls.
- Zimarooski, on 04/26/2008, -55/+69I don't get peoples idiot reaction to this. Everyones gotta start somewhere.
- wolferz, on 04/26/2008, -6/+19... did you read the article? No. No you didn't. They didn't turn down anything.
- ozydingo, on 04/26/2008, -5/+16That wouldn't be a good way to lead by example though, since noone else would know why they did it. It'd also be a great way to piss off fans.
- Azimuth1, on 04/26/2008, -4/+14"The band kick-off their In Rainbows world tour with a show in West Palm Beach, Florida, on 5 May."
............. - yeskia, on 04/26/2008, -2/+12Evidently not.
- crinzema, on 04/26/2008, -2/+12I suck car's exhaust pipes just to reduce C02 emissions
- LoadStar, on 04/26/2008, -20/+29Additionally, you have to wonder just how much carbon emissions they CREATED by having to bring in staff to the UK studio to handle the satellite feed. That's an additional entire shift worth of people - broadcast engineers, sound engineers, camera operators, lighting technicians, etc, etc. Unless all those people live on site, they had to drive to the studio, creating carbon emissions right there (unless the band required everyone working to take public transit). Just running the UK studio requires electricity, which also produces carbon emissions (unless the studio runs completely on green power like solar or wind). So on, and so forth.
Had they just hopped on a commercial flight that was already coming here, and rented gear here, they may have actually produced less carbon emissions than what they did. - Extracheese, on 04/26/2008, -16/+25haha, "let them eat cake," is it? The rest of us who need to fly for business or to spend with our families can afford to take the hit to our karma. I'm tired of them spreading awareness about global warming, what about actual solutions to our energy problems? How about awareness for the fact that ethanol fuel is causing starvation around the world? Or to remove the stigma of nuclear power? awareness is a dead horse.
"Leading by example?"....yeah because when we want to know how to live our life best, we look to our favorite musicians and do what they would do... - mywhitenoise, on 04/26/2008, -1/+9The point is to raise public awareness, problem is too many people (especially on digg) don't think global warming is a threat, and treat it as a joke.
- TheIinLive, on 04/26/2008, -6/+14I'm with ya man. Radiohead is a band that cares more about the enviroment and they actually *do* something other than digg artitlces on carbon emissions. They travel to the studio, do the performance, stay for a bit, then leave. What the hell is wrong with just skipping the trip, are people here really that....weird? I don't know what other word to use.
- wolferz, on 04/26/2008, -9/+17Jet fuel is bad, m'kay?
- terminal157, on 04/26/2008, -12/+20I don't really agree with their stance here but calling it pretentious is flat wrong and just plain stupid. It's not pretentious for someone to live up to their principles, even if you don't agree with those principles.
- diggdiggerid, on 04/26/2008, -1/+8"an comment" criticizing English? :)
- bjornski, on 04/26/2008, -5/+12Flying over for a tour is one thing. Flying over for a one-song cameo on a talk show when they're not touring in the area is something else entirely.
- damndj, on 04/26/2008, -1/+8Um, no?
- dood, on 04/26/2008, -8/+15I don't get the negative reaction to this.
The people who believe in human caused global warming want people to burn less fuel, so less CO2 will go in to the atmosphere. The people who don't believe in human caused global warming want to have the freedom to choose whether or not to use fuel without the government getting involved.
The band made a choice to use less fuel in promoting their album. Everybody wins here. - hexydes, on 04/26/2008, -3/+10Uhm...what?
I don't think he meant anything of the sort. He simply meant that the studio would have to have their employees drive to the studio to work, which creates emissions. And then they'd have to run the studio, creating more emissions.
He never said that the UK didn't have these things and they'd have to hire out from another country, just that they'd have to bring them to the studio like they do everyday.
Get over yourself. Are you just looking for a reason to be angry at another country? - unorginalityftw, on 04/26/2008, -13/+20Or maybe, just maybe, the UK already has those people due to being, you know, a 1st world country, and they just hired their own there... ***** man, the US is not the only place with people in these professions. *facepalm*
- jgtg32a, on 04/26/2008, -7/+13@wageslaven
Are you out of your mind?
Christ this is why environmentalist are dumb.
Isn't there that IBM commercial about how the girl goes to her boss and give a plan about how we can help the earth and he doesn't care. Then she says we can cut costs by 20% and 2x performance, saving millions and the new servers pay for themselves in the first year of operation easily paying for themselves. That is the approach that needs to be taken.
The last thing that ANYONE want to be told is that their life style is wrong and it needs to be changed. If you want to go out into the wild and live with the trees, be my guest. - ferrariman60, on 04/26/2008, -1/+7I hope it was by sailboat then, because you know, those engines they use in cargo ships aren't exactly environmentally friendly. They're MASSIVE! Turbos the size of washing machines! Cylinders 2 stories tall! Those things slurp diesel like it's hard to believe. I doubt that shipping by cargo ship has less of an impact on the environment than putting them on a 10 hour plane ride.
- blagoaw, on 04/26/2008, -0/+6The BBC headline put their decision in a somewhat ridiculous light - "Radiohead have decided not to travel to the US for a promotional performance because of concerns over global warming."
After I got past that though, I decided that it does make sense on the whole. People are going to watch it on tv anyway. Why fly your band and equipment to New York for the filming just so that you can do it in Conan's studio in front of a small audience? To give his show face? As if it's not a real engagement unless they make the flight? Instead you can film it in London which is a more interesting novelty to me anyway. We take it for granted that a band will fly for a show, but I don't want it. It did make me think.
They're experimental in their music and their other decisions. Hardly pretentious, that's just them. - daizaru, on 04/26/2008, -2/+8How is this lame. They are denying a small studio audience the right to see them and instead filming something already for TV locally.
Even if they were taking a public plan they free'd up some seats that would otherwise be full. If enough people did that it would be one less plane in the air. Every little bit helps. - NoStoppingUs, on 04/26/2008, -1/+7what?
- dood, on 04/26/2008, -3/+9You're suggesting that as long as everyone else does not change their activities, there's no point in you changing your activities. I say community change is really just the result of hundreds or thousands of individuals making a decision to change something in their own lives.
Radiohead is, in effect, reminding others to turn off the lights. - iamafatguy, on 04/26/2008, -4/+10I'm pretty sure Radiohead can fly on *another* jet, not their own, one that would be flying regardless if they were on it or not...
- nizzy1115, on 04/26/2008, -0/+5I agree, this is retarded.
- tobsterius, on 04/26/2008, -1/+6I'm sure they do realize that... but they doing this to make a statement, really...
- stellamaris, on 04/26/2008, -9/+14They are practicing what they preach, and utilizing technology in the best way possible. Anyone who saw their performance on New Years can tell you it was better than any straight up, broadcasted live performance.
- init100, on 04/26/2008, -1/+6"Them not flying on the plane did NOTHING for global warming, because that ***** plane took off anyway."
Sure, but if more people would fly less, airlines wouldn't have to put in an extra plane to meet the high demand. - xenonflash, on 04/26/2008, -2/+7I bet they got even more attention by doing it by satellite because of global warming concerns. They've had tons of publicity recently though due to In Rainbows and its initial distribution method.
- init100, on 04/26/2008, -5/+10London has a pretty decent underground system (or subway if you are from the US). Nothing implies that they have to drive to work.
- iamafatguy, on 04/26/2008, -6/+11Why not press it in other countries? Boats use fuel too.
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