The California State Senate and Assembly passed a bill requiring AEG to make the new stadium 100 percent carbon neutral including the emissions generated from private car trips to and from the stadium.
If they honestly believe their own rhetoric, then the only sensible thing to do would be to pass a bill outlawing the proposed stadium altogether. There is no such thing as "100 percent carbon neutral", and if carbon is the threat that they claim it is, they have no business spending billions of dollars on something as frivolous as another entertainment complex.
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Silly, and typical of California.
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Updated - 21st Sep 2011
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don't forget the union jobs on the line.
Posted by Hates Idiots
26th Sep 2011
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Silly, and typical of California.
Posted by JohnMcGrew@...
Updated - 21st Sep 2011
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Agree
Just one of the reasons I escaped from that loony bin last year. The lunatics truly are running the asylum there. "Carbon neutral" is one of the biggest scams perpetrated on us.
Posted by mudpuppy1
23rd Sep 2011
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How about this.
Put rail to the stadium so people will not have to bring their cars?
I'll bet they could build a nice network over 10 years with what they would pay in carbon offsets.
Opps. My bad. Then Al Gore will not get his cut of the project. Forget that moment of common sense.
I'll bet they could build a nice network over 10 years with what they would pay in carbon offsets.
Opps. My bad. Then Al Gore will not get his cut of the project. Forget that moment of common sense.
Posted by Hates Idiots
Updated - 23rd Sep 2011
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Rail
I'd take the train in if only so I wouldn't have to deal with the traffic. I used to take the bus to concerts in Columbia, SC when I was in high school for that reason.
Posted by mudpuppy1
23rd Sep 2011
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Can't do that, because because they'd be cheating themselves...
...out of the parking revenue. That's why Atlanta's MARTA rail deliberately does not go to Turner Field.
Posted by JohnMcGrew@...
23rd Sep 2011
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don't forget the union jobs on the line.
From parking lot attendents to police working over time details, managing the traffic at a stadium is big business.
The state highway workers placing and removing traffic cones on Route 1 for a Patriots game make a bundle to sit around during the game.
The state highway workers placing and removing traffic cones on Route 1 for a Patriots game make a bundle to sit around during the game.
Posted by Hates Idiots
26th Sep 2011
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Why Bother
First building a team in LA is pointless. Nobody will go and they will have a big expensive stadium they will never be able to pay for. Second, leave it to California to try and regulate carbon emissions. Now you know why business are leaving California. I have lived here my whole life and the only people who have these beliefs are the politicians in Sacramento. You show me one tailgater in the parking lot before a game who actual cares if the stadium is carbon neutral. They only care if the team is winning or not.
Posted by rukkidnme
23rd Sep 2011
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WTF
What I would like to know is, what NFL football team is going to LA? Did Al Davis wake up from under the hair dryer long enough to move the Raiders again?
Posted by DDS 34 yrs
24th Sep 2011
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LA's NFL Stadium
Probably the Jacksonville Jaguars. Of the 32 teams in the league, it brings in the least revenue, has the most unsold seats every Sunday, as evidenced by tarps covering aisle after aisle, and is situated in a state with two other NFL teams, both vying for attendance.
Posted by Rockingham01
24th Sep 2011