Banker Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Just now, 0bserver said: But it's the greatest show on earth. People will be willing to pay top dollar! Not if you have seen it dozens of times & now only have limited interest in racing but lots of interest in Bushys tent😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annoymouse Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, 0bserver said: Why are Manx Radio pushing ahead with 'TT Radio' when DfE are paying top dollar for the livestreaming service? If the TT is as popular as people claim then they'll have no issue paying for the livestream which renders 'TT Radio' useless. It would be interesting to know how many have signed up to the new livestream service so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De nada Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 🙄 https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/tt-races-will-be-completely-carbon-neutral-government-says/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebushy Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 This is up there with 6 Chinese banks! 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chief Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 43 minutes ago, De nada said: 🙄 https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/tt-races-will-be-completely-carbon-neutral-government-says/ i had a little chuckle at this one, i notice they are very clear that they are talking about the TT organisation not the TT as a whole, some bikes that came off the ferry with us the other day were belching out enough emissions to need to plant trees over a third of the island just to offset them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 hour ago, De nada said: 🙄 https://www.manxradio.com/news/isle-of-man-news/tt-races-will-be-completely-carbon-neutral-government-says/ It appears they just bought a load of Carbon Credits to claim the TT is now neutral! They could have at least attempted to plant a token TTree somewhere in alignment with the rest of our green policies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 European Carbon Credit is currently going for about €80. At the risk of oversimplifying this, they've just bought €400K of Credits. Was €90 a week ago and €60 just after the Ukraine invasion started, so fairly volatile. Odds on they bought at a high based on my recollection of a serious FX/forward screw-up for the Runway extension. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4mbi Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) So reading between the lines essentially DfE by "partnering with Isle of Man based Pozitive Group" have given them a load of cash to enable them to offset expected emissions, so DfE can market TT as carbon neutral and get a nice warm fuzzy feeling that they're doing the right thing?? questions: a) How much? b) whose mates are involved in Pozitive Group? c) exactly how are our carbons offset? Edited May 23, 2022 by b4mbi 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Johnson Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Un fucking believable............... 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0bserver Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 5 minutes ago, b4mbi said: So reading between the lines essentially DfE by "partnering with Isle of Man based Pozitive Group" have given them a load of cash to enable them to offset expected emissions, so DfE can market TT as carbon neutral and get a nice warm fuzzy feeling that they're doing the right thing?? questions: a) How much? b) whose mates are involved in Pozitive Group? c) exactly how are our carbons offset? More hidden costs of TT. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bees Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 1 minute ago, Boris Johnson said: Un fucking believable............... Abso fucking loutely… 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, b4mbi said: exactly how are our carbons offset? Assuming they've just bought credits, they are 'offset' by someone else. Full layman dumbdown (so I understand it) If you're a company that reduces it's pollution significantly you can claim Credits from the World Bank. Other actual 'green' projects can also claim them by ensuring the stopping of deforestation or protecting a natural area. These Credits are usually a bit more valuable. They can then be sold. Usually to companies that go over their polluting allowance. Edited May 23, 2022 by The Phantom 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 There was thinking it’ll be carbon neutral by not having any buses running. Oh well. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Ship Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 2 hours ago, Banker said: Presumably for those who don’t want to pay for a premium service & just want to listen on their radio in car or garden 2 hours ago, 0bserver said: But it's the greatest show on earth. People will be willing to pay top dollar! I used to follow the races through Manx Radio, the live timing app on the TT website and the live threads on here. I doubt I'm going to pay £15 or whatever to follow it live on the new live streaming service, and I'll be relying on Manx Radio and racing threads on here to follow the races. If the Manx Radio commentary ceases, I suspect I'll just stop following the TT live. (Although I'll probably continue watching the evening highlights on ITV4 if that continues). My main sporting interests in terms of following on TV used to be cricket and golf. Once cricket was lost to terrestial TV I stopped watching it and I can't remember the last time I watched cricket on TV - even nightly highlights. So I haven't watched cricket for nearly 20 years. I still play golf but haven't watched it on TV since it disappeared from terrestial. I haven't missed either of them. If I end up having to pay to follow the TT, I suspect I won't miss following it either... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-lane Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 12 minutes ago, 0bserver said: "partnering with Isle of Man based Pozitive Group" Pozitive Group (as opposed to the Positive Group) is a UK company. https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/13153065/officers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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