标题: All Snow in Beijing Olympics Is Man-Made [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 2-5-2022 11:25 标题: All Snow in Beijing Olympics Is Man-Made Derek Van Dam, All the Beijing Snow Is Human-Made -- a Resource-Intensive, 'Dangerous' Trend as Planet Warms. CNN, Feb 5, 2022/ https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/04/w ... -climate/index.html
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(a) "It would be hard to hold a conversation over the deafening sound of the snow machines preparing the Olympic venues northwest of Beijing. They are loud and they are everywhere, blowing snow across what will be this month's most-watched slopes.
"It is almost beautiful -- except that the venues are surrounded by an endless brown, dry landscape completely devoid of snow.
"In an Olympic first, though not an achievement to boast about, climate variability has forced the Winter Games to be virtually 100% reliant on artificial snow -- part of a trend that is taking place across winter sports venues around the world.
(b) "But it comes at a cost: human-made snow is incredibly resource-intensive, requiring massive amounts of energy and water to produce
Note: There is no need to read the rest, which is inane.