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 So I ran across this video of Blackpink at Buckingham palace in 2023. Intrigued I googled why. 

Turns out King Charles III presented them Honorary MBEs for, wait for it, their work in the environmental field.

Real.ly? I googled further. 

The initial results were people pointing out the obvious contradiction of their work and the environment. Then I found this:

“BLACKPINK was appointed as Advocates for the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP26) in 2020 and has been delivering powerful messages to the world ever since.”

I had no idea.  Maybe I’m not a Blink afterall.  Or maybe I could be an investigative Blink, like what concretely was done? 

And then I found this about YG, their parent company:

“As part of this initiative, YG Entertainment will offset the electricity consumption from BLACKPINK’s Seoul and London stops on their upcoming world tour using Peace-Renewable Energy Credits (P-RECs) generated by an IOM-managed solar plant in South Sudan and issued by Energy Peace Partners.”

So I actually don’t know what this means but it’s something like this.

I wasn’t able to find out how much they spent but I found this.   

 

Based on their [BORN PINK] FINALE IN SEOUL, 6,000 tons of emissions for a two day event.  Of the 6,000, 239 tons was from energy consumption.  

According to Energy Peace Partners, an average P-REC costs $45.  1 P-REC equals 1 megawatt-hour (MWh) of verified renewable energy.

How many megawatts is 239 tons of emissions? According to this website:

2,300 kilowatt-hours emits one ton of CO2e

2,300 kilowatt-hours converted to megawatt-hour:

0,0023 megawatt-hour = 1 ton of C02e

0.5497 megawatt-hour = 239 tons of C02e (two days concerts in Seoul)

0.5497 megawatt-hour * 2 (London + Séoul, both 2 day events) = 1.0994 megawatt-hour

1.0994 megawatt-hour = 1 P-REC

1 P-REC =  $45

So… to offset the estimated electricity consumption from BLACKPINK’s Seoul and London dates, they are going to buy one P-REC that costs $45? 

Someone check my math.