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...than ever. At least that's what the companies that sell TV, movies, video games and other recreational commodities are counting on as the economic crisis deepens. "People are feeling like they're depriving themselves of fun they would be having by buying a new car or taking a trip," says Tom Adams, president of Adams Media Research. "So they feel fully justified in continuing to spend on more cost-conscious kinds of entertainment...
...family's got an entire entertainment and leisure budget," says Michael Pachter, an analyst who tracks video games at the securities firm Wedbush Morgan. "You're going to see a shift from high-cost forms of entertainment to low." Parents may cancel a Christmas ski trip that would cost about $40 per hour, the logic goes, and instead spring for Nintendo's Wii Fit so the family can do some virtual skiing through the long, cold winter at a cost of $1 per hour...
...would seem also that travel by itself negates any possibility of eco-benefit, since flying burns so much carbon; a round-trip from New York to Nairobi, one popular ecotourism destination, creates nearly nine tons of carbon dioxide per person. Not to mention that the national parks, nature sanctuaries and remote wildlife reserves that draw most ecotravelers can be damaged by the foot traffic, to say nothing of the development that comes with tourism...
Finally, last September, I went on an eco-trip of my own (on assignment for this magazine) to Madagascar, the utterly unique and fascinating island off the southeast coast of Africa. Madagascar has wildlife that is found nowhere else on Earth and a prodigious variety of climates and vegetation that makes it virtually a planet unto itself. Ecology is what defines Madagascar - and what I discovered there, among other things, is that ecotourism when properly managed is not only not a scam, but a boon to conservation...
...played, the schedule they’ve played, they obviously haven’t played to their potential yet, but they have the potential to be a very good defensive team, because they’ve got some great athletes over there,” Murphy said.With a long trip, a blossoming rivalry, and the lingering memories of a stinging, 31-28 loss there in 2006—and if the Tigers can finally realize both their offensive and defensive abilities—tomorrow’s game has the potential to prove more interesting than the statistics might suggest...