Gaia would scream, but she has such poor lung-capacity:
Special effects explosions, idling vehicles, teams of workers building monumental sets -- all of it contributes to Hollywood's newly discovered role as an air polluter, a university study has found.The film and television industry and associated activities make a larger contribution to air pollution in the five-county Los Angeles region than most of the other sectors studied, according to a two-year study released Tuesday by UCLA.
Although Hollywood seems environmentally conscious thanks to celebrities who lend their names to various causes, the industry created more pollution than each of four other sectors -- aerospace manufacturing, apparel, hotels and semiconductor manufacturing -- the study found.
(Via With Cheese.)
Posted by floridacracker at November 14, 2006 01:32 PMAnd even with that, it doesn't seem to take into account costs of promotion, which include jet trips and lots of large vans from media to travel.
Just think if they took into account how much screaming Gaia does from all the people who drive to theaters to see movies.
Man, this quantifying carbon footprints thing just keeps going and going. It's like you cannot possibly take into account every possible direct or indirect affect of your actions or something, so it's damn near impossible to ever achieve something like "neutral".
Posted by: marc at November 14, 2006 01:46 PMI think it's so sad that Hollywood makes Mother Earth weep. It might be time for some government regulation of that sector before they choke the life out of everyone.
Posted by: Donnah at November 14, 2006 02:00 PMIf you want a Santa Clause 3, you gotta break some eggs.
Posted by: dorkafork at November 15, 2006 08:18 AMEverybody has to suffer for art.
Posted by: Donnah at November 15, 2006 09:40 PM