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Offline Simon Page

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We are top of the league...
« on: August 02, 2022, 10:50:10 AM »
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The club to produce the most CO2 during their pre-season tour was Aston Villa.

Premier League teams   Air miles travelled in pre-season   C02 emissions per passenger (in Kg)   Carbon emissions per football team in Metric Tons
Aston Villa   22419   2921   87.63
Leeds United   21858   2736   82.08
Manchester United   21507   2642   79.29
Crystal Palace   22819   2583   77.49
Liverpool   14160   1804   54.12
Tottenham Hotspur   15330   1770   53.1
Chelsea   13421   1639   49.17
Arsenal   9808   1247   37.41
Manchester City   9505   1123   33.69
Everton   8297   980   29.4
Nottingham Forest   3258   534   16.02
Newcastle United   3253   460   13.8
Wolverhampton Wanderers   2503   392   11.76
Fulham   2174   349   10.47
AFC Bournemouth   1994   302   9.06
Brighton & Hove Albion   1916   296   8.88
West Ham United   1206   278   8.34
Brentford   1318   269   8.07
Southampton   1548   264   7.92
Leicester City   564   134   4.02


https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62280394

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2022, 11:21:42 AM »
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The club to produce the most CO2 during their pre-season tour was Aston Villa.

Premier League teams   Air miles travelled in pre-season   C02 emissions per passenger (in Kg)   Carbon emissions per football team in Metric Tons
Aston Villa   22419   2921   87.63
Leeds United   21858   2736   82.08
Manchester United   21507   2642   79.29
Crystal Palace   22819   2583   77.49
Liverpool   14160   1804   54.12
Tottenham Hotspur   15330   1770   53.1
Chelsea   13421   1639   49.17
Arsenal   9808   1247   37.41
Manchester City   9505   1123   33.69
Everton   8297   980   29.4
Nottingham Forest   3258   534   16.02
Newcastle United   3253   460   13.8
Wolverhampton Wanderers   2503   392   11.76
Fulham   2174   349   10.47
AFC Bournemouth   1994   302   9.06
Brighton & Hove Albion   1916   296   8.88
West Ham United   1206   278   8.34
Brentford   1318   269   8.07
Southampton   1548   264   7.92
Leicester City   564   134   4.02


https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/62280394

We offset it by never qualifying for fucking Europe though.

Online Brazilian Villain

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2022, 11:31:03 AM »
We offset it by never qualifying for fucking Europe though.

Also don't us and Leicester generally have to travel the least miles to away games (typically less than half that of Newcastle). Multiply that by up to 3,000 away fans and we are indeed top of the Eco-league.

Offline Proposition Joe

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2022, 11:39:05 AM »
Also, if we travelled on scheduled flights rather than charters, those planes were going to fly those miles regardless of whether Villa were on the planes or not.

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2022, 11:48:28 AM »
Also, if we travelled on scheduled flights rather than charters, those planes were going to fly those miles regardless of whether Villa were on the planes or not.

That's always been my excuse for flying loads. We don't want any Taylor Swifts at VP even if we could do with her height on set pieces.

Offline Proposition Joe

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2022, 03:41:25 PM »
Also, if we travelled on scheduled flights rather than charters, those planes were going to fly those miles regardless of whether Villa were on the planes or not.

That's always been my excuse for flying loads. We don't want any Taylor Swifts at VP even if we could do with her height on set pieces.

Or Iron Maiden and Ed Force One. I did love the picture though from some airport in Switzerland where you had Macron's petit plane, Merkel's little thing and Maiden's 747 all parked next to each other.

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2022, 04:02:43 PM »



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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #7 on: August 02, 2022, 08:33:20 PM »
I couldn't think of a bigger non-story than this.

Offline Footy-Vill

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #8 on: August 02, 2022, 09:11:53 PM »
This is nothing to be proud of, and having spoken to people at the club previously when our ratings were low, I didn't get the impression that this was at the top of the list, which it wouldn't be as a football club with a generic email with stock answers and pointing to Premier league.
I believe we should reconsider the title the thread rather than basking in the glory of our contribution to the destruction of our one and only planet. That's all I can say on such a poor show of commercial over environment activities by the club.

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #9 on: August 02, 2022, 09:15:10 PM »
This is nothing to be proud of, and having spoken to people at the club previously when our ratings were low, I didn't get the impression that this was at the top of the list, which it wouldn't be as a football club with a generic email with stock answers and pointing to Premier league.
I believe we should reconsider the title the thread rather than basking in the glory of our contribution to the destruction of our one and only planet. That's all I can say on such a poor show of commercial over environment activities by the club.

This planet is screwed so long as our horrible little species lives on it I’m afraid.

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2022, 07:05:03 AM »
We shall offset our pre-season CO2 emissions by only having one round trip coach journey in the 3rd round of the FA Cup.

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2022, 09:20:53 AM »
It's an interesting discussion, because the biggest thing humans can do to stop global warming isn't to stop eating meat, it's just to "do less". So don't go on holiday abroad, don't drive to the coast for a day out, have online meetings instead of driving somewhere, etc etc, just stop doing stuff that isn't essential.  But this clearly isn't compatible with sport, eg the World Cup, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, European Championships, Champions League and so on.

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2022, 09:42:46 AM »
It's an interesting discussion, because the biggest thing humans can do to stop global warming isn't to stop eating meat, it's just to "do less". So don't go on holiday abroad, don't drive to the coast for a day out, have online meetings instead of driving somewhere, etc etc, just stop doing stuff that isn't essential.  But this clearly isn't compatible with sport, eg the World Cup, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, European Championships, Champions League and so on.

Not sure that’s true Risso, wasn’t there a report from the Boston Consulting Group recently which basically said the biggest opportunity for business to reduce GHG emissions was to massively increase our use of meat replacement products.

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2022, 09:48:15 AM »
It's an interesting discussion, because the biggest thing humans can do to stop global warming isn't to stop eating meat, it's just to "do less". So don't go on holiday abroad, don't drive to the coast for a day out, have online meetings instead of driving somewhere, etc etc, just stop doing stuff that isn't essential.  But this clearly isn't compatible with sport, eg the World Cup, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, European Championships, Champions League and so on.

Not sure that’s true Risso, wasn’t there a report from the Boston Consulting Group recently which basically said the biggest opportunity for business to reduce GHG emissions was to massively increase our use of meat replacement products.

They were talking about the best value investment for cutting greenhouse gas emissions being the switch to non-animal protein. However, it doesn't cost anything to just do less.

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Re: We are top of the league...
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2022, 11:01:22 AM »
It's an interesting discussion, because the biggest thing humans can do to stop global warming isn't to stop eating meat, it's just to "do less". So don't go on holiday abroad, don't drive to the coast for a day out, have online meetings instead of driving somewhere, etc etc, just stop doing stuff that isn't essential.  But this clearly isn't compatible with sport, eg the World Cup, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, European Championships, Champions League and so on.

Not sure that’s true Risso, wasn’t there a report from the Boston Consulting Group recently which basically said the biggest opportunity for business to reduce GHG emissions was to massively increase our use of meat replacement products.

They were talking about the best value investment for cutting greenhouse gas emissions being the switch to non-animal protein. However, it doesn't cost anything to just do less.

That's a great line, and one I feel I can fully support. The next time I get a funny look for lying on the sofa reading my book, I'll explain that I'm doing my part to save the world for our children, and would you rather I painted the hallway or our granchildren burn in a toxic dystopia?

 


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