Should Celebs Be Doing More To Offset Their Carbon Footprint?
When David Beckham puts his foot to a soccer ball, it's an amazing thing. His carbon footprint? Not so much.
The Los Angeles Galaxy star is responsible for 163 tons of carbon dioxide yearly, according to Soccer America daily and data provided by UK environmental group Carbon Trust. (The average Englishman produces only 9.4 tons.) David's massive amount of air travel to soccer matches and endorsement commitments, which amounts to more than the distance from the earth to the moon in 2007 alone. Add in his 15 cars and multiple homes, and David may have the largest carbon footprint in human history!
And environmentalists are peeved about it. "He should use his celebrity status to make people aware of the damage that traveling can cause to the planet," a Carbon Trust spokesman said, according to the report. "With all his money he should be using it at least to reduce his own footprint. He has more freedom of choice when it comes to methods of traveling. He could also choose greener cars." Adds a spokesman for England's Green Party, "A celeb like Becks, who claims the need to travel on such a massive scale, should be making an effort to counteract the damage he is doing."
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