David Beckham is Bad for the Environment

January 2nd, 2008 | by: Daryl |

David Beckham is Bad for the Environment Bad news for Brand Beckham, as it seems Golden Balls’ globe trotting lifestyle is slowly but surely destroying planet earth. According to climate watchdog Carbon Trust the former England captain has both “the biggest carbon footprint in the world” and “the largest carbon footprint in human history.” Ouch. The reason for Beckham’s dirty oversized environmental footprint can be summed up in two words: air fare.

Beckham spent much of 2007 jet-setting back and forth between Spain, England and the west coast of the United States to play for Real Madrid, England and the Los Angeles Galaxy respectively. Add in Beckham’s trips around North America to MLS away games (including those that he watched while nursing that ankle) plus his and Posh Spice’s various promotional paydays and the Becks-inspired Los Angeles Galaxy tour to Australia and New Zealand and it starts to become clear why Becks isn’t too popular with the Carbon Trust. Factor in his fifteen cars (including a Hummer) and it’s a wonder Al Gore doesn’t just go round to Beckingham Palace and punch him square in the face.

It’s possible Beckham is being targeted because of his name recognition, which will help Carbon Trust publicize their cause. And it seems to be working, as I’m writing about it right now. And it’s only just occurred to me that Becks would be an ideal celebrity to promote environmental causes. Maybe he could make like Arnold Schwarzenegger and switch the Hummer over to hydrogen fuel for a start. Seems a bit much to ask Beckham to bring soccer to America and save the planet at the same time, but maybe this rare bit of bad publicity will make him think a little more about the latter while he’s trying to do the former.

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http://tunisia.worldcupblog.org Rami

haha, quality work Daryl. I like the Al Gore punching him in the face part. Although to be fair, Al Gore himself was recently criticized for relying on personal jets from time to time. Still though, his Carbon footprint is certainly a lot smaller than Beckhams!
thump

Hey JackA$$ (I mean Daryl),
ARe you that ignorant to think that Beckham does absolutely NOTHING for the earth? it’s funny how all you tree huggers attack anyone you can without giving both sides of the story. Becks is a huge environmentalist, yes he globes treks but noone ever says about the charities he supports. Also, when he plays in S.America, he makes appearances in support of protecting the rain forest. YOu mention he owns 15+ cars, probably true, but that doesn’t mean he can drive them all at once. By that argument, then every car dealer should be worse because they own more vehicles…dumb argument. Finally, let us not forget that without Beck that thousands of people have jobs thanks to him. He increases job security and puts global locations on the map that you, Daryl, probably didn’t even know existed and brought to your attention that were in need of environmental protection. We should be thanking Beck, not bannishing him.
http://france.worldcupblog.org Laurie

Yeesh, thump, don’t shoot the messenger. Daryl’s just reporting the story, he didn’t make it up.

And I’m not sure how taking jaunts of thousands of miles with his wife on a private jet for the sole purpose of purchasing things they don’t need and will probably throw out in a few weeks sets a good example.

It’s one thing to talk about protecting the rain forest. It’s another to alter your lifestyle to make a positive impact. When he does the latter, he’ll impress me.
http://www.torlaune.de Torlaune

Yeah Becks, please save our planet and bring football back to England ;)