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The people I know who go to burning man are incredibly thorough about picking up litter before they leave, and they wear the clothing at other events. Roundtri
by klodolph 3y ago
The people I know who go to burning man are incredibly thorough about picking up litter before they leave, and they wear the clothing at other events.
Roundtrip transportation to “the middle of nowhere” is no worse than rounddtrip transportation to somewhere. The only difference is that “somewhere” is sometimes accessible by train… but in the US, that’s only a small percentage of the country.
Ymmv, there are 70k people and there’s a lot of variation.
- 29athrowaway 3y ago[flagged]
- dahdum 3y agoKudos for having an interesting take. I assume you already live by these rules you’d set for others? If so, you have my respect. Not my vote though, I travel frequently and far for both pleasure and business.
- eulgro 3y ago[flagged]
- 29athrowaway 3y agoYes, I do. > I travel frequently and far for both pleasure and business. Consider a more environmentally friendly way to live your life. Also, when you fly (i.e.: going higher in the atmosphere), you get exposed to radiation.
- klodolph 3y agoI don’t see how this is different from tourism.
- hollerith 3y ago>For thousands of years nobody needed [the tourism industry] and now suddenly everyone needs to do it? The Roman Empire had tourists. (We know because written accounts of trips survive.)
- waste_monk 3y agoThey probably didn't arrive by airliner, though.