Posted on 12/09/2025 1:24:52 PM PST by DFG
Mark Zuckerberg has found himself at the center of an embarrassing climate change flip-flop, thanks to his $300 million mega yacht.
The 41-year-old Meta boss, worth roughly $230 billion, has reportedly been burning hundreds of thousands of gallons of diesel fuel since launching his personal, 387-foot vessel last year.
The yacht, dubbed Launchpad, runs on four diesel engines that use about 291 gallons of fuel every hour, which allegedly emits 40 tons of CO₂ over that same period of time.
Zuckerberg, an outspoken advocate for climate change policies such as the Paris Agreement and scaling carbon dioxide removal technologies to limit global warming, has been roasted on social media over the yacht's massive carbon footprint.
'Another reminder that Net Zero is only for the peasants,' one person wrote on X next to a video of the massive luxury vessel sailing near Florida.
'Meanwhile ordinary people drive electric cars and recycle, because the planet matters. But for him, apparently, the planet doesn't matter,' another social media user added.
Others called the multi-million-dollar yacht the ultimate 'symbol of hypocrisy,' as Zuckerberg has spent more than $100 million funding climate advocacy and related initiatives through his philanthropic organization.
The Daily Mail has reached out to Meta, which owns Facebook, and Zuckerberg for comment.
Some critics of Zuckerberg's lavish mode of transportation noted that Launchpad was just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to climate hypocrisy.
The mega yacht has been accompanied on its journeys by a 220-foot, $30 million support ship called Wingman, which can carry smaller boats, a miniature submarine for exploration and even a helicopter.
'Rich people when they say "we’re all in this together" then fire up four diesel engines,' an X user commented.
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Hey, Smails! My dinghy’s bigger than your whole boat!
Yeah, I noticed that too. Producing forty tons of CO2 from one ton of fuel is quite the magic trick.
Is there anything Climate Change can't do?
The support ship has a helicopter pad.
Global Warming is a marketing tool for Zucky.
Of course, he’s a hypocrite.
Cynic that I am, I wonder why now? How long has his hypocrisy been on display with silence from the liberal press?
I favor a focus on the “human environment.” It’s made better when you have affordable heat in winter and air conditioning in winter. (I never bought into CO2 is evil.). I think Gates is starting to focus a little on humanity over the abstraction of “the environment.”
Maybe Zuck is moving a little to the right and getting blasted for it.
I wonder how big a ship has to be before nuclear becomes an option. In the meantime, CO2 is plant food.
Doesn't matter. It is a project that has excited him and now that he has a new toy, he'll play with it until his problems in life start bothering him too much at which point he'll look for some new distraction from the reality of his existence.
“Buy a small $500,000 condo on the Upper West Side of Manhattan”.
Boy, I don’t think there is such a fish, besides you are buying in Southern New Hampshire to avoid income and sales tax but buying in Manhattan where the taxes say hello to the sky?
No no no no.
Hey you don’t have to 230 billion if you can’t spend it on what you want.
The mega yacht has been accompanied on its journeys by a 220-foot, $30 million support ship called Wingman, which can carry smaller boats, a miniature submarine for exploration and even a helicopter.
Because of the H-1B visa program all us USA unemployed tech workers funded this.
Maybe that's why the article included the weasel word when it stated, "... about 291 gallons of fuel every hour, which allegedly emits 40 tons of CO₂"
“He can live on there during the zombie apocalypse.” Until he needs to buy another 10,000 gallons of diesel. BTW 4 engines at 291 gallons per hour is about 1200 gallons per hour, at 8 pounds per gallon that is about 10,000 pounds or 5 tons of CO2 per hour, not 40 tons. It would take 8 hours for Zuck to emit 40 tons of CO2, so he is very environmentally friendly.
If it flies, floats, or fs..... rent
The yacht building people are happy, and money spent on expensive toys is money not being spent trying to mess with the levers of society.
“Launchpad”, eh?...Meh!
I would be afraid of the taxes they might hit me with if I was rich. As a poor man myself, I still have no desire since birth to go to NYC.
Burning 291 gallons of diesel produces 6508 llb of CO2, according to:
https://cfm-calculator.com/calculator.php?utm_source=/biology/CO2-from-Diesel-Fuel-Calculator.php
That’s about 3.25 tons.
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