U2 Tour's Massive Carbon Footprint Revealed

     MUSIC NEWS -  Dispite U2's "save the planet" positions, actions like Bono and team's decision to register their companies off-shore, and therefore avoid Irish tax, impacts on Ireland's ability to give aid to the third world and the Edge's multi-unit construction project in Malibu, CA, many question the band's sincerity.  And now, a new green report on their current tour is quite shocking.  It seems their new 360 Degree World tour will have a carbon footprint equivalent to that of 6500 average UK residents combined for an entire year.  Or, 65,000 tons of CO2 !!!

Helen Roberts, environmental consultant at CarbonFootPrint.com told The Quietus: "The carbon footprint generated by U2's 44 concerts this year is equal to carbon created by the four band members travelling the 34.125 million miles from Earth to Mars in a passenger plane. You also have to add the carbon emissions from the same number of concerts again next year. Just looking at the 44 concerts this year, the band will create enough carbon to fly all 90,000 people attending one of their Wembley concerts to Dublin. To offset this year's carbon emissions, U2 would need to plant 20,118 trees". WOW !

The Belfast Telegraph contacted U2’s PR agency RMP,but the firm did not return a request asking if the band were buying carbon offsets to contribute towards the damage of their enormous emissions.

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The band hasn't announced their own plan, but here is one program they have launched for fans to address the footprint issue.

http://offsetoptions.cloudapp.net/u2-360/