Live Earth

I want to give a disclaimer - I am in complete support of people seeking to preserve the earth through human effort. This weekend are the series of concerts known as "Live Earth." I saw an add for them that said "Eight concerts. 7 Continents. 2 Billion People." I don't want to in the slightest bit detract from the need to draw people's attention to environmental crisis. I just find it literally hard to believe that they seriously expect that 2 billion people care about these concerts. I don't mean that you can't find that many people who care about the environment. What is unbelievable to me is that they think that many people will watch. Wikipedia lists the world's population at 6.6 Billion. To think that 1 out of every 3 people on the planet is going to sit and watch this is absolutely ridiculous. I seriously doubt that anywhere close to 1/3 of Americans will watch it, let alone the developing world. I think the claim of 2 billion reflects that the entertainment industry (as well as politicians involved with this) think much more highly of themselves than they ought. All of this being said, Dave Matthews Band is playing in the NYC show. I can't wait (notice a recurring tendency towards hypocrisy in my blog?).