Yesterday, I was reading an article in a French newspaper complaining that The Grande Motte glacier in Tignes, that was scheduled to open on September 29th, won't be able to, due to lack of snow. The article added that it was another worrying sign about global warming.
What was astounding though, was the flurry of comments, all stating that while everyone in the ski industry was wringing their hands about receding glaciers, they didn't think twice before sending their entire ski teams to train in South America instead of on Alpine snowfields, adding therefore to the global CO2 emissions and making a bad situation even worse.
These comments are absolutely right, even if the impacts are minute in that great scheme of things, and I simply hope that these authors are consistent with their opinions, by refraining from traveling by air and individual fossil fuel-powered vehicles. If not they should shut up and work at changing the modes of transportation.
As for me, I must admit, I'm part of the problem too, and a hypocrite as the rest of the developed world who continues to abuse their planet on a daily basis.
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