... you fly people around the world to star in rock concerts in Hamburg, Sydney, Tokyo, Rio, London, New York, Shanghai and Johannesburg. Concerts that are using gigawatts of power and producing the hugest carbon footprint in the history of carbon reduction to protest against environmental damage to the earth.
"The last thing the planet needs is a rock concert." Roger Daltrey
"I've always been against the idea of rock stars lecturing people as if they know something the rest of us don't." Neil Tennant
"It's a bit patronising for us 21 year olds to try to start to change the world. Especially when we're using enough power for 10 houses just for (stage) lighting. It'd be a bit hypocritical." Matt Helders
"Selling meat at a concert for the environment is like selling cigarettes at an anti-cancer fundraiser because of the amount of greenhouse gas emitted by the meat farming industry." Peta
To be fair to Live Earth they did say:-
“Waste streams will be designed out prior to its negative environmental impact” John Picard - Green Policy expert for the concerts (Now could someone please explain wtf he's talking about?
Now where's my kaftan?