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Taylor Swift postpones Rio concert after fan dies amid heatwave (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] zoe@jlai.lu 16 points 11 months ago (7 children)

Taylor Swift is not climate friendly, so are a lot of pop singers: very energy intensive ..

[–] CadeJohnson@slrpnk.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I have heard this, and I can imagine it is true, but have you seen any analysis? There must be a large crew traveling and lots of equipment - transportation is a big user of petroleum in general -- for entertainment. Though they say the entertainment is good.

[–] zoe@jlai.lu 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

exactly. but oil is heavily subsidized and costs money to extract and refine, and mass produced enough to be affordable, making concert tours cost nothing, but it causes a big damage otherwise. how about make half the number of tours ? that would be a good start. or make an onlyfan equivalent, for singers ? sound idea if u ask me

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Let's just stay inside our homes our whole lives!

[–] zoe@jlai.lu 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

better fund energy transition and you'r welcome touring how much u want, but just dont act like a hypocrite and show false solidarity. but americans are in a whole realm of its own. sometimes i wonder to myself that americans deserve their lot sometime, also while fucking up the rest of the world in the process

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