2024-02-11 19:15:00
While more than 1,000 private jets are expected for the Super Bowl, this mode of transport is causing a lot of discussion because of the greenhouse gases it produces. So should we ban them?
More than 25,000 people followed singer Taylor Swift’s private jet late Saturday afternoon which transported her from Tokyo, where she was holding a concert, to Los Angeles so that she could arrive in Las Vegas on time for the Super Bowl, where his buddy, Travis Kelce, will be on the field Sunday night.
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The American star’s use of this mode of transportation made headlines this week as statistics on his use of this mode of transportation were published, attracting several criticisms.
A private jet trip pollutes 5 to 14 times more per passenger than a commercial flight and 50 times more than a train trip.
Taylor Swift even threatened to sue a Florida student who follows the singer’s travels on a private plane.
But according to the director of the International Observatory of Aeronautics and Civil Aviation, Mehran Ebrahimi, banning private jets would not be simple.
It’s not just American stars who use them, which means that an alternative is needed for urgent travel.
“The question is that if you come through regulations to prohibit that, okay, but we have to offer alternatives,” he explains. What are we doing? People have to move. People think it’s Taylor Swift or celebrities, but it’s not just that.”
“About half of the people who travel by private jet are people who do it for business, for example business managers, people who have to travel quickly to a site for a technical intervention and so on. next, he continues. If we ban all that, fine, but how do we do it? What do we have to replace them with?
Private jets are responsible for 0.04% of GHG emissions globally.
See the full explanation in the video above
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