Posted on 11/01/2021 8:44:25 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Update (1620ET): Hypocrisy and hot air over Glasgow Airport as the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, also known as COP26, attracts 400 private jets carrying world leaders and business executives from around the world. We want readers to visualize these political and financial elites flying in on their jet fuel-guzzling private planes as they urge the rest of us for the next week to eat less meat, drive less, and fly less.
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It seems the world's elite just can't stop ruining childhoods.
According to the Daily Mail, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos 'has led a 400-strong parade of private jets into COP25,' which includes Prince Albert of Monaco, tons of other royals, and dozens of "green" CEOs - creating a giant traffic jam which required empty planes to fly 30 miles away to 'nearby' Prestwick to find parking. 
Jeff Bezos' Gulfstream (photo: Jamie Williamson)
On Sunday, MailOnline observed at least 52 private jets landing at Glasgow - while estimates put the total number flying in for the conference at 400. Conservative predictions suggest the fleet of private jets arriving for COP26 will blast out 13,000tonnes of carbon dioxide in total - equivalent to the amount consumed by more than 1,600 Britons in a year.
Prince Charles was among those travelling by non-commercial plane from the G20 in Rome, MailOnline can reveal. Flight records suggest the plane was an MOD jet. -Daily Mail
Yes, the same Prince Charles hypocritically calling for a "vast military-style campaign" with trillions at it's disposal in order to force "fundamental economic transition" when it comes to the environment.
NOW - Prince Charles claims a "vast military-style campaign" is required to marshal a "fundamental economic transition."pic.twitter.com/OA9LkSwfQ4 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) November 1, 2021
And, the excuse:
"His Royal Highness has personally campaigned for a shift towards Sustainable Aviation Fuel and would only undertake travel to Rome when it was agreed that sustainable fuel would be used in the plane," said a Clarence House spokesman, who added that so-called sustainable fuel would be used "wherever possible... from now on."
Boris Johnson flew in from Rome on an Airbus A321 - only to be stuck circling Glasgow for 20 minutes due to the sheer number of private jets arriving for the event. Johnson was stuck behind the president of South Korea - who also flew in from Rome following the G20 conference.
A Dassault Falcon 8X belonging to the Monaco royal family arrives in Edinburgh
Their private jets…
#COP26 https://t.co/WgeBn82FIH pic.twitter.com/j1ljEpJQSS— James Woods (@RealJamesWoods) November 1, 2021
Meanwhile, as Johnson took the stage, Swedish activist Greta Thunberg took to Twitter - retweeting an appeal for her followers to sign an open letter accusing world leaders of betrayal.
“Betrayal.
That's how young people around the world are describing our governments' failure to cut carbon emissions. And it's no surprise.”
Almost one million signatures now! Sign here:https://t.co/MJTQHx4FH0 — Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) November 1, 2021
For those without private jets, hundreds of less fortunate COP25 delegates were unable to reach the event due to brutal storms which crippled railroads and forced people to sleep on the floor of London's Euston station.
Bezos' appearance comes on the heels of celebrating Bill Gates' 66th birthday on a nearly $3 million per week superyacht off the coast of Turkey - reaching the boat by helicopter.
The Amazon founder met with Prince Charles to discuss climate change, tweeting "The Prince of Wales has been involved in fighting climate change and protecting our beautiful world far longer than most. We had a chance to discuss these important issues on the eve of #COP26 — looking for solutions to heal our world, and how the @BezosEarthFund can help"
Meanwhile, President Joe Biden is expected to create 2.2 million pounds of carbon to reach the summit - as he's bringing four planes, the Marine One helicopter, and an enormous motorcade.
President Joe Biden's car, commonly known as 'the Beast', drives along the M8 motorway near Salsburgh on its way to the summit
Don't these people have Skype?
pic.twitter.com/08jhiTBXVn — Ciaran Jenkins (@C4Ciaran)
i’d like someone to make a list of all these people, their jets, their jets output from their home to this conference, and then how many years off the AOC 12 years just this one conference caused.
“HOW DARE YOU! [Greta Thornberg]”
She’s a cute girl when she doesn’t put that expression on her face.
They could be using synthetic jet fuel or e_diesel either of which while not cheap produce zero or negative CO2.
The big boys are on board.
https://www.chevron.com/-/media/chevron/operations/documents/chevron-alternative-jet-fuels.pdf
In smaller quantities for the rich, biojet fuels also are available. When you own a 65 million dollar jet the difference in fuel costs from $7 gal for JetA vs $9 gal for BiojetA is not even an afterthought. The rich will keep flying regardless.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2020.00110/full
Airbus is developing hydrogen fueled aircraft that the rich certainly could fly with.
https://www.airbus.com/innovation/zero-emission/hydrogen/zeroe.html
In Europe hydrogen will be at cost parity in 2025 sooner with the current run up in prices for jet fuel worldwide.
The transition is happening with or without the luddites. The Chinese know this they are building nuclear power with integrated desalination,heating and hydrogen production they will dominate the world once they roll out hundreds of those integrated nukes. Power to X is the future there is no way to stop it now. Once solar power cross the threshold to be the cheapest power in human history it was and is inevitable that Power to X and the full scale electrification of everything happens.
https://www.siemens-energy.com/global/en/offerings/renewable-energy/hydrogen-solutions.html
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a34372005/solar-cheapest-energy-ever/
Scotland is one of those places most in need of some Global Warming, man-made or otherwise.
The Picts didn’t paint themselves blue, they fought naked because they had figured out that war wounds festered if clothing got embedded in them.
Scotland’s 49-week-long winters did the rest.
Fluffer
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