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- Aug 2023
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bonpote.com bonpote.com
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And where the artists take part in a fantasy of overconsumptionThe place where artists play a distinctive role, exactly like high-level sports athletes, is in the propagation of a certain fantasy.
- for: W2W, carbon inequality, carbon footprint - 1%, carbon emissions - 1%, luxury advertising, luxury advertising contracts, carbon emissions - luxury goods
- key insight
- the elites are often the main popularizers, influencers and propagandists of the fantasy of overconsumption
- culture of overconsumption
- such elites have a close tie to the luxury industry via large advertising contracts
- Media posts critical of the carbon air travel emissions of famous DJ named DJ Snake offers a prime example of a common attitude of privilege and self-righteousness found amongst a number of elites
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artists are complicit in
- for: carbon emissions of the 1%, carbon inequality, carbon emissions - artists, high carbon lifestyle
- comment
- top tier entertainers are conditioned to a high carbon lifestyle. This is a challenge to overcome.
- example given
- DJ who flew to perform in four different EU cities in the same evening!
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Culture, a hyper-consumerist sector
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for: carbon emissions - culture, carbon emissions - cultural sector, carbon footprint - culture,
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- stats
- for France
- culture and leisure are the third reason for travel after work and shopping
- watching movies at movie theatre alone is responsible for nearly one million tons of CO2 emissions
- culture takes up 60% of all downloads on the internet, 80% if porn is included
- tens of thousands of buildings such as auditoriums are depending on fossil fuels to operate
- cultural events drive high carbon tourist industry:
- account for 60% of revenue of hotels and restaurants at the Avignon Festival
- Louvre's carbon footprint of 3.4 million tons of CO2 emissions are in large part due to air travel of tourists from around the globe
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Tags
- carbon emissions - music industry
- carbon footprint - culture
- carbon emissions - luxury goods
- carbon emissions - DJ
- carbon emissions - 1%
- 1%
- high carbon lifestyle
- carbon footprint - 1%
- W2W
- carbon emissions - culture
- carbon inequality
- DJ Snake
- luxury advertising
- carbon emissions - cultural sector
- culture of overconsumption
- cap elites
- luxury advertising contracts
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