If we're to truly take climate change seriously then we need an Office of Carbon Truth, independent of the government, who will properly add up the carbon cost of everything we do.
All the points made in the article could just as easily be applied to newspapers and 24hr news streaming.
But then the music industry doesn't pay for the writer to fly around the world to stand outside a closed gate and say "nobody will talk to me"
At least music brings people joy however they consume it.
Apart from the fact that the article contains great chunks of total and utter bollox you mean?
Why do non-technical publications insist on sending non-technical journos to report anything that actually needs some kind of science knowledge/background?
One example - carcinogens in LP PVC. What are they? Presumably they are referring to phthalate plasticisers? If so, LPs are unplasticised.
Vinyl chloride is accepted to be a carcinogen in most parts of the world. Dioxins will also be released during manufacture, as too will compounds such as chloroethene. PVCs have a variety of unpleasant additives depending on the end product as well.
ps we've had a thread on this subject in the off topic toom for a while - there's the considerable energy cost of pressing vinyl discs
Almost correct (not).
How much residual monomer in a PVC LP? Essentially none. The statement was specifically about LPs, not their manufacture or anything else. PVC for LPs has one additive - carbon black (high grade soot) if they are black, other dyes/pigments or none if not black.
Plasticised PVC is an approved food packaging, for food contact.
The nitro finishes are a tad dodgy and they were caught with stocks of contraband wood however, I doubt in the big scheme of things, the old LP is that much of a problem pollution wise.