Shameless happy dance at my first hit in Heated! But I ain't selling a thing except a climate protest! Join us to tell FIFA and other sportswashers to drop sponsors like Saudi Aramco--the world's largest oil behemoth. We'll be making peaceful noise at at least 9 World Cup and other stadiums advertising for fossil fuels. Sign up here! https://tinyurl.com/3wa6fh44
Any idea how much water is used to keep the pitches fresh, or how many host cities are facing drought conditions? My friend group is pretty optimistic so gotta put in the extra work to bring them down
As much as we want to protest, and we should, the players are in for a rough series. The fans in the stadiums will be feeling it too, what few can afford the tickets or get visas to attend in the U.S. This world cup will go down as the first year of the global warming that may set the baseline for all world cups going forward.
I.3 Centigrade since 1994 -- not Farenheit. that makes it about 2.3 degrees for the American Farenheit users -- myself included. I have a terrible sense of F. to C. conversion.
Being nothing if not a wet blanket, I won't hesitate to share these tidbits of information with my friends and family. It's already beyond farcical that the United States, kidnapper of the leader of Venezuela, invader of Iran, and likely future invader of Cuba after enforcing a crippling blockade against them is a host of an international sports competition designed to bring understanding across cultural, geographical, and language barriers. Meanwhile, FIFA is synonymous with corruption. But, sure, let's celebrate! 🥳
Shameless happy dance at my first hit in Heated! But I ain't selling a thing except a climate protest! Join us to tell FIFA and other sportswashers to drop sponsors like Saudi Aramco--the world's largest oil behemoth. We'll be making peaceful noise at at least 9 World Cup and other stadiums advertising for fossil fuels. Sign up here! https://tinyurl.com/3wa6fh44
Any idea how much water is used to keep the pitches fresh, or how many host cities are facing drought conditions? My friend group is pretty optimistic so gotta put in the extra work to bring them down
Thanks for writing this, Emily! The perfect downer.
As much as we want to protest, and we should, the players are in for a rough series. The fans in the stadiums will be feeling it too, what few can afford the tickets or get visas to attend in the U.S. This world cup will go down as the first year of the global warming that may set the baseline for all world cups going forward.
I.3 Centigrade since 1994 -- not Farenheit. that makes it about 2.3 degrees for the American Farenheit users -- myself included. I have a terrible sense of F. to C. conversion.
Oh yeah! Weird that that's a NYT error. I'll correct.
Being nothing if not a wet blanket, I won't hesitate to share these tidbits of information with my friends and family. It's already beyond farcical that the United States, kidnapper of the leader of Venezuela, invader of Iran, and likely future invader of Cuba after enforcing a crippling blockade against them is a host of an international sports competition designed to bring understanding across cultural, geographical, and language barriers. Meanwhile, FIFA is synonymous with corruption. But, sure, let's celebrate! 🥳