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Eco-warriors, look away! Seattle schoolboy, 17, exposes the carbon footprint of private jet-loving stars, tycoons and lawmakers... and their annual Co2 emissions are up to 300 TIMES the size of the average American's
UK Daily Mail ^ | February 15, 2023 | Alex Hammer

Posted on 02/15/2023 7:13:33 AM PST by packagingguy

After obtaining that elusive data, Shendure proceeded to analyze the information using programming languages Python and R, and went on to build the fully interactive website completely from scratch.

Within weeks, Shendure said that he discovered that well over 100 people who own private jets are emitting at the very least dozens - and in many cases, hundreds - of times what the average American does in a year, solely through flying.

The realization, Shendure said, came as particularly pronounced due to the fact that Americans boast some of the highest carbon emissions per capita in the world.

'It was surprising to me that this wasn’t being talked about more,' he told the paper, adding that he spends most of his free time on the pet project...

Simultaneously, many to make the list, as previously mentioned, have been unmasked as hypocrites by the Seattle high schooler.

Siebel, along with the prominent Murdoch and DeVos families, rounded out the top three - who collectively account for the same amount of yearly emissions as nearly 850 ordinary Americans.

Siebel, the 70-year-old founder of Silicon Valley software company Siebel Systems and the founder and chairman of AI firm C3.ai, has repeatedly voiced concerns over climate change.

Just last month, the tech mogul - who is worth more than $3.5billion - penned an open letter touting the importance of AI in the country's fight to address the ongoing phenomenon.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: climatechange; eatthebugs; hypocrisy
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To: Osage Orange

This number is their air travel only. It doesn’t include the larger number of goods and services they consume.


21 posted on 02/15/2023 10:35:15 AM PST by packagingguy
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To: packagingguy

They have multiple large homes that are expensive to heat and cool.


22 posted on 02/15/2023 10:36:20 AM PST by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: packagingguy

Still don’t believe it.......


23 posted on 02/15/2023 10:48:09 AM PST by Osage Orange
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To: bray

Like the dirt farmer is getting any of those carbon credits! lol You mean the dictator thug leader of the dirt farmers country is getting all the dough.


24 posted on 02/16/2023 5:50:42 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (#PureBlood)
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