The Rolling Stones Ran 44, They Run 55

In today’s “On the Square” column, Rationing Bono and Other Gaia-Saving Ideas , Elizabeth Scalia describes the latest climate change gala and its plans for rearranging everyone else’s lives, and then look at one activist and his effect on the environment.

Let them start with U2, the Irish rock band that—even as our put-upon saints in Cancun are weeping over Gaia—has landed its current extravaganza, “The 360 Tour,” in Australia. Billed as the biggest tour ever mounted, and at a daily cost of $850,000, the show requires six 747 jets, 55 trucks, and an assembly crew of 130. “You compare a tour by the number of trucks they use,” production manager Jake Berry said. “The Rolling Stones ran 46 trucks. We are running 55. This is the biggest.”

She suggests they might want to examine their priorities.