Let’s impress on the South Australian government agency Events SA that having Santos as their naming sponsor is a travesty of the objectives of the Tour.
It’s time to break away from gas and the damage it is doing to the environment, tourism and the healthy active lifestyles promoted by cycling. Cycling will be an early casualty of global warming without a switch from fossil fuels.
Santos knows how to greenwash. The Tour is promoted as environmentally friendly because single-use packaging is discouraged and tourism is promoted. A gift to us all from Santos? With profits of US$2.1 billion last year the cost is petty cash for them, but the costs of their exploits to the climate, water, land and First Nations rights are uncountable.