2023-12-06 12:31:22
Despite warnings regarding climate change and the hottest year of all time, world leaders, corporate elites and Hollywood stars continue to fly on private jets and arrived at the recent COP-28 climate summit. At the same time, people who work every day are being told to give up gas stoves, drive electric vehicles and not eat foods that have a high carbon footprint. If the elite really cared regarding the environment, shouldn’t the demand for luxury items like private jets and yachts decrease? As in the past years, many people were outraged at the participants of the COP-28 climate summit, most of whom arrived in private planes. Many articles and posts called world leaders hypocrites and hypocrites. Taylor Swift took her private jet to see her Football player boyfriend play in Greenbay. She jetted out a few hours later. The next time you see this hypocrite, Taylor Swift complaining regarding climate change, hit her over the head with this post. pic.twitter.com/UyE3EnfPEf — Ron Milner (@RonMilnerBoodle) December 4, 2023 In addition to Taylor Swift, people like Bill Gates or III. British King Charles. Bill Gates, who owns four private jets, has already responded to the accusations once morest him. As we reported, the billionaire explained in an interview in February that he can be part of the solution to climate change, so he can travel by private plane. The outrage was further compounded by the fact that the climate summit was held in the most famous city of the United Arab Emirates, Dubai. The country exported $58.5 billion worth of crude oil in 2021. They produced 4.24 million barrels of oil per day, which was 4% of total global production. Demand rises, output rises According to the Federal Aviation Administration’s new monthly business jet report, private jet traffic in October jumped to its highest level in more than a year, reaching 459,000. The acceleration in demand for jets comes at a time when governments and elites are increasingly vocal regarding the dangers of climate change and the need to transition and ban fossil fuel vehicles. According to a report by Transport & Environment (T&E), a four-hour private flight emits as many pollutants as the average person in a year. Private jets emit 10 times as much carbon dioxide as a normal passenger plane and 50 times as much as a train. The study highlights that the use of private planes continued even during the pandemic. In August 2020, when the majority of Europeans were still in quarantine and the number of commercial flights was down by 60%, private jet traffic returned to pre-Covid levels. Since the end of the epidemic, both demand and traffic have been increasing. Private aircraft use and traffic are not expected to decrease. But thanks to technology and developments, the harmful emissions of machines can decrease. The transition might be encouraged by taxing the machines. And the revenues might be invested in greener technologies such as electric and hydrogen-powered machines, thus making aviation “cleaner”.
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