Olympic athletes are going to be on the hot seat this summer in Paris.
Not just metaphorically; the Paris Olympic Committee wants this Olympics to be the greenest ever (take that, Classical Greeks!), and one of the measures they have taken is to build the Olympic village without any air conditioning.
There will be no air conditioning in athletes’ rooms at #Paris2024, which pledged to host the ‘greenest ever’ Olympic Games. Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo spoke to @Reuters about the city’s plans to keep athletes cool https://t.co/Js9skXtWoF pic.twitter.com/uVBMusztdi
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 14, 2024
I think this is one virtue signal that will see plenty of athletes breathing fire and with smoke coming out of their ears.
The French are very proud of the fact that all these athletes and visitors who flew on private and chartered jets are going to emit fewer pounds of CO2 once they…
