Wed, 03/31/2010 - 07:42
When we, the entire world, the entire nation are coaxing youngsters to be more mindful of the EARTH, but on the other path, the fast format Cricket is drawing us in hordes to stadia to watch matches under thousands of kilowatts of lights, & tempting millions more who can’t watch it live, to switch on their Idiot boxes & their air-conditioners too. The glare of the floodlights & the din of the fans make carbon footprints & other concerns seem like irritating killjoys to the me-now generation.
Just the thousands of litres of fossil fuel that is spent by enthusiasts alone, surely makes IPL one of the most DESTRUCTIVE AND WANTON RECREATION ACTIVITIES IN THE WORLD!!! I don’t have a perfect data available right now, but going by the 15 days of data correlating these fixtures to the increased sale of packaged food & drink----& the resultant piles of trash & garbage-----would clearly set off alarms as well, when IPL-3 curtains!!!!
The only thing “GREEN” the IPL matches are the water-guzzling grounds on which they are played & NON-PLAYING-PASSIVE AMBASSADOR,UNEP!!! Dear Gentlemen, don’t you opine & percept, “THE IPL MUST BE FORCED TO THINK ABOUT MODIFICATIONS IN THE INTERESTS OF THE EARTH at least if not the game itself?????” Grateful for your’s ideas, suggestions & opinions, so that we can vision & make IPL-4 more dearer & nearer towards ours’ Earth.
Regards, Vijay Y.
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