AnonymousPussyNommer t1_ixdlks2 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 5:23 PM

There’s so little snow for so long radio stations in my city sometimes somehow get a truck of snow brought in so people could have fun with it in this like 20x30 foot area. It’s just slightly better than nothing

Strazdas1 t1_ixgx7fu wrote on November 23, 2022 at 10:36 AM

The winter skiing ground here now has artificial cooling because winters are too warm to keep the ice skate-able.

smurficus103 t1_ixe123r wrote on November 22, 2022 at 7:03 PM

Use the runs for drunken mountain biking!

DAWTSF t1_ixfj51h wrote on November 23, 2022 at 1:31 AM

Even if there was snow, it's always an option depending how drunk you are.

TibotPhinaut t1_ixetmuy wrote on November 22, 2022 at 10:14 PM

Good, skiing is the epitome of climate harm

veloace t1_ixezyd8 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 11:01 PM

How?

I've never been skiing so I am genuinely curious how it is climate harm.

83-Edition t1_ixf2tgz wrote on November 22, 2022 at 11:22 PM

The person you're responding to is over simifying and also generally incorrect as skiing climate impact pales in comparison to other things like air, boat, or many other types of leisure activities. If you hike up a mountain and ski down you're not causing an environmental impact. If you're on a resort, then yes trees were cut down to make the runs. Lift systems are also energy intensive, some resorts get some or all their energy from renewable sources, some don't. Others Groom runs and use heavy equipment to scrape them and make them easier to ski on which burns gas. There has been a lot of action and initiative on the part of the ski industry because most everyone who likes to ski realizes climate change will make it go away forever so a lot are doing much more than any other industry to reduce emissions.

TibotPhinaut t1_ixglnhj wrote on November 23, 2022 at 7:49 AM

The person he was responding to at least has some idea of skiing in the Alps, whereas you seem totally oblivious to the cancerous impact it has taken.

Every single run is groomed in Europe, the ski season is artificially extended by artificial snow, water is being withheld from nature in artificial lakes for these snow cannons, cable cars/chairlifts have heated seats, most ski areas are absolutely barren when it comes to biodiversity and they do cover a larger and larger extent.

I could go on, but I won't, because you've clearly never been to the Alps.

freedom_from_factism t1_ixgpre8 wrote on November 23, 2022 at 8:47 AM

I think that's golf.

Large parts of Europe are warming twice as fast as the planet on average. As a consequence of human emissions of greenhouse gases, the climate across the continent has also become drier, particularly in southern Europe, leading to worse heat waves and an increased risk of fires.

[deleted] t1_ixdecst wrote on November 22, 2022 at 4:36 PM