Bette Midler Gets It

Thursday, September 25, 2008, 12:40
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Watch, folks. You’re about to become witness to something so amazing and so astounding that you won’t believe your eyes. Ready? Environmentalist and Barack Obama supporter Bette Midler gets it. See? Not so bad. Bette has given up touring in lieu of a Las Vegas show to do her part to help the environment. Midler says the number of trucks in her entourage has grown over the years and she wants to cut her pollution. So instead of touring the country, she will set up shop in Vegas and let everyone come see her. While I don’t agree with her social and political endorsements, I do applaud her for actually doing something for the environment instead of being a typical Hollywood hypocrite that continues to fly personal jets and ride around in air conditioned limousines.

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3 Comments on “Bette Midler Gets It”

Richard Treadgold wrote on 26 September, 2008, 6:58
Touching. Perhaps moving. Now, let’s just think a moment…

If 50,000 people travelled an average of 500 miles to the concert, that would be 25 million personal travel miles. If Bette Midler’s entourage (50 people?) travelled to 30 venues, each 500 miles from the previous venue, that would be 750,000 personal travel miles.

It’s more sensible for Bette Midler to move around the country, not her whole bloody audience! Is there anybody with Bette Midler capable of rational thought?

Or is this story so tongue-in-cheek I completely missed it?

(I love her work, by the way.)

Cheers,
Richard Treadgold,
Climate Conversation Group.
Skeptic wrote on 26 September, 2008, 7:35
Good points there, Richard. No, the article wasn’t tongue-in-cheek. With Bette being environmentally conscious, I have to applaud her for doing what no one else does: change her lifestyle. Albeit people will still flock from around the country (and possibly the world) to see her in Vegas, I don’t know how many of these people are truly trying to help the environment. Hey - I can throw a bone to an environmentalist for actually trying to help rather than just buying carbon credits, right?

Good comment, though. You’re absolutely right about people burning more fossil fuels to travel to her. But I have to give kudos to Midler for practicing what she preaches.
Richard Treadgold wrote on 30 September, 2008, 0:30
Yes, yes, of course. Not many people are prepared to take action in support of their beliefs. But this is a bit of light relief, really, isn’t it? There are certainly larger issues taking our attention recently.

Still, unless there are other reasons for staying put, such as advancing age, this is another example of good intentions being led astray by lack of reason.

Like the idea that we really can subsist on wind power, and other impractical green dreams.

Cheers.