POW and pro skiers

[Yung_Gnarley]

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yea u get it

 

[coldseagull]

I was just thinking, I see a bunch of pro skiers post on IG about POW and stuff related to it, then next minute they go out sledding/ heli trips, fly all around the world. What do you guys think, is it hypocritical that they're all about "save the environment" and then next minute they're out doing it? or who gives a fuck..

Here's a good video from Graham Zimmerman (not pro skier, but professional alpinist) talking about being an imperfect advocate... good thoughts on the topic:

 

[gravel]

The biggest thing is that we clearly can do better, because when COVID first hit, emissions went WAAAAY down.

COVID shut down the economy, which in turn shut down emissions. we need to work towards subsidizing and integrating other energy sources, distribution systems, etc. to actually reduce emissions over a longer time frame. it's not as simple as just "stop emitting." you have to displace it with something else. COVID was not displacement, it was a plain interruption.