Climate nuts are in a frenzy over the Qatar World Cup soccer tournament. The hosts are “greenwashing”, in their commitment to an environmentally-friendly soccer tournament. They were busted by Sports Illustrated and environmental extremists. The magazine is running a series on fake environmentalists who are allegedly using hollow virtue signaling.
Alex Prewitt and Dan Falkenheim co-wrote the SI story on “organizations that claim to be more eco-conscious than their real status is.”
The 2022 World Cup starts Nov. 20 and features seven new stadiums. It is sponsored, among other things, by QatarEnergy. Sports Illustrated claims that it’s a state-owned oil-and-gas corporation that has “long been a notoriously unfriendly affair to the environment.”
Qatar’s Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy released a press release claiming that it would “deliver a tournament plastic-neutral” by “physically removing waste plastic from rivers and oceans. . . The amount of plastic waste recovered will be equal to that generated by the FIFA World Cup.” This committee stated that environmental sustainability “remains atthe heart of tournament preparation, with an aim to leave behind a green legacy.
Sports Illustrated dismisses phony ecologies, stating that “fishing for old soda bottles does no negate the environmental impacts of fabricating large quantities of new plastic.” Al Gore must be apprehensive because the 2022 World Cup will produce an estimated 3.6 million metric tons carbon dioxide. This is an increase of 67 per cent compared to the 2018 Russia World Cup.
This is what World Cups have become: How much carbon is created on Mother Earth?
This madness isn’t limited to soccer. Allen Hershkowitz is an environmental scientist who advises Major League Soccer and the NBA on sustainability efforts.
All should be forgiven and Gore should be consoled. Qatar 2022 will include the purchase of “certified” and “recognized” carbon credit offsets. These credits are the magic wand of climate kooks who are fully engaged in virtue signaling.
Hershkowitz is still concerned about people promising plastic-neutral actions – accusing them of “greenwashing”. Roger Pielke, professor of environment studies at the University of Colorado, said that it’s a signal to show “virtuous behavior with regard to environmental objects, often climate,” but it’s not a signal.
According to SI co-authors, such behavior is common in the corporate world. They verbally grounded JetBlue, an airline that boasts about carbon-neutral flights. This feat is “literally impossible for non-avians.”
SI claims that “the sports world is rife” with teams, leagues, and organizations failing to meet even the most basic aspects their environmental commitments. However, SI believes that sports can play a positive part in solving climate change.
The United Nations is urging sports to take action on climate change, even if they are not fully involved in the climate change process. The U.N.’s carbon reduction initiative has attracted 300 sports events and teams from New York to Duluth. They were required to submit progress reports, but most of them refused, and lost their climate accreditation. These sports organizations may have been trying to make a good impression on climate nuts but they soon realized that climate change is a fraud.
Climate freaks claim they can measure the combined carbon footprints of the NFL, NBA, and NHL. They collectively emitted 90 seconds annually of the U.S. carbon footprint. Perhaps the Super Bowl and NBA Finals will be next on the list for their carbon footprints.
Climate fascists like Hershkowitz are not only lying, but they’re also incapable to agree on how to accurately measure carbon emissions of fans who travel to games, plastic bottles production, and baseballs. Despite their disagreements, the planet continues functioning.
It doesn’t matter. It might be more fun if all sports fans and teams rode bicycles to compete in environmental challenges. The eco-nuts would be thrilled to have something better.
