Having more energy efficient and sustainable power is obviously a huge contributor to where the planet needs to be.
But simply consuming less makes an even greater contribution, regardless of how the energy is generated. So that a football fan watching at home online is still "better" than travelling to an away game, even if it is on an electric train.
It might be after my time, but I can see the day when a number of activities we currently take for granted will be priced out of our reach (eg road-pricing, fuel duty, carbon taxes etc), or even curtailed completely (eg traffic free cities).
Screwed-up TV scheduling has only exacerbated a problem which existed long before the regular televising of games, indeed before most homes even had a TV, never mind a mobile or a PC.
I've always assumed it was originally down to socio-economic factors (i.e. fans could just about afford to attend home games in what was long a very poor country); low car ownership; poor train services; large distances involved; and local/state rivalries and prejudices (i.e. Catalans or Basques not wanting to visit Castille or Andalucia and v.v.).
Meaning that Spanish fans never got into the habit of travelling away in numbers in the first place. And as with football everywhere, habit and tradition are huge factors in determining how fans behave.
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