Posted on 11/08/2024 8:56:22 AM PST by BenLurkin
The mega-rich are using private jets like taxis, warn climate scientists who tracked flights to calculate the planet-warming gases they release.
The scientists worked out that the carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to climate change, rose by 46% between 2019 and 2023.
Researchers traced all private flights globally, including summer weekend trips to Ibiza, Spain and travel to the Fifa World Cup and the UN climate conference in Dubai.
Flying in a private jet for a single hour can release more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than the average person produces in a year, according to the research team.
“There are a lot of people using these aircraft as taxis, where you cover whatever distance by aircraft simply because it's more convenient,” Professor Stefan Gossling, from Sweden's Linnaeus University, who led the research, said.
“If somebody’s flight emits in one hour as much as an average human being emits in a year - just to watch a soccer game - then perhaps it shows those people think they are outside the standards that we have as a global community.”
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uh oh....the elite not gonna like any infringements
That’s because they’re flaming hypocrites.
Guess what Mr. Loony-Lefty, those people will ALWAYS think they are held to different standards. Any kind of standard.
Yes, and loving it!
If they keep attacking the rich the funds for these phony baloney “scientists” may get cut off....
Lol.
So naturally they’ll pass laws that limit flights for the peasants.
Leo DiCaprio, I’m talking to you!
The words, “climate change”, should invoke jail time.
Trump volunteered for a day at McDonalds. These “climate scientists” shouldn’t have a choice.
steak for me, bugs for thee
Only the liberal ones should be forced to walk. And 90% of their wealth should be confiscated. Gee, that felt good! :^)
a total ban on private jets
a ban on yachts
a ban on any one person owning more than say, 3,000 square feet of heated/air conditioned housing space.
I'm sure all the virtue signaling billionaires, and Davis set and the Hollywood types and politicians would be totally on board with this. I'm sure they'll want to do their "fair share" - right guys?
Well ..... yeah.
What are these climate ‘experts’ saying about the snow in the desert, NEVER SEEN BEFORE IN HISTORY, this past week?
It’s okay when “extraterrestrials” like John Kerry, or Al Gore do it, because whatever they’re doing is critical to the survival of the planet. That’s their rationalization.
Fly’em if you’ve got’em
It’s ok they’ve got it covered. They buy “offsets”
These climate scientists(LOL) should visit ,https://www.flightaware.com/live/map. climate scientists must be the dumbest scientists , LOL
“The scientists worked out that the carbon dioxide emissions, which contribute to climate change”
Several citations needed, but the hypocrisy of the elites still stands.
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