The jet-setting habits of Bill Gates and Paris Hilton mean that they produce an astonishing 10,000 times more carbon emissions from flying than the average person. This was the conclusion of my research mining their social media accounts as well as those of a number of other celebrities for clues as to where they were in the world over the course of 2017 and how they got there.
Of course, there will also be disparity within each country: some high emitters as well as some who hardly contribute to global warming at all. I wanted to find out just how central the highest emitters might be to this question – just how much of the burden we should expect them to take on. Celebrities, by definition, are influential and often wealthy. While anecdotal evidence suggests that they are also frequent fliers, it has been difficult to determine their contributions to global warming.
Flight shameWe have known for a while that the world’s richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions. But climate policies have so far tended to omit this issue of carbon inequality.
We just had climate crusader, JustinTrudeau utilize two jets to campaign. You didn’t have to use some B list celebrity to be the poster child of your article when Canada’s biggest emissions hypocrite is our PM.
GretaThunberg Why are you not seen with Paris telling her to stop flying and shut off the gas to her home. Here’s an easy guide on how too....
Should simply BAN these bitches from flying. Period! Being rich does not give them executive privilege to shit all over the air we breathe, although they do think they are above all by being rich or beautiful. Their souls are U.G.L.Y.!!!
I like this news because it helps me justify my own inaction
But don’t you know she bought the carbon credits.
Almost at Trudeau levels
No do Trudeau and McKenna and the other climate hypocrites.
But its ok because the rich and powerful can buy credits right? One set of rules for the 0.1% and another for the 99.9%.
She also has a lazy eye, was sentenced to jail for DUI, has been dumped as a Hilton heir, and she doesn't perform fellatio well, at least on camera anyway. Those last two items are related, BTW.
And to those who virtue-signal us to 'go green', without these 'heroes' from Africa their green dreams will not be alive.
Tell Greta!
Luckily their mouths spew bullshit, which is good for plants to grow and make the world greener!
Good for her
Why don't you look into JustinTrudeau ? He uses two planes.
What about Trudeau and his 2 jets ?
Don't worry about it people. I'm sure these high flying celebrities purchase carbon offsets to compensate for their elaborate carbon emitting lifestyles. See? Climate change just got fixed. It's that easy.
Barbara61353150 And yet they are the ones that talk down to us from their ivory castles. This is why I call BS on the lot of hypocrites
LucDupont 11,000 times when we consider that emission triggered when she talks.
InRodWeTrustMTL Carbon tax
You just figured this out now? You are only about 36 months late!
Teacher: how does you spell 'hypocrites'? Johnny: c-e-l-e-b-r-i-t-i-e-s Teacher: Gold star for you
Pretty sure JustinTrudeau and cathmckenna are on that jet setting list CarbonHypocriites
Now do Justin.
The most rational solution is for traveling is high speed trains, for example Montreal- Toronto, Montreal- New-York; Toronto-New-York, much better than shaming people
I know many young people who talk green but fly 7-8 times a year on vacation trips
Has Paris Hilton spoke about carbon emissions? If not why use her. There are an endless supply of celebrity morons who have diarrhea of the mouth and fly everywhere.
Who is 'the average person'?
They also lecture others 10,000 tonnes more than average.
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InRodWeTrustMTL Add Justin Trudeau and Cath Mckenna to that list. The real hypocrites... cdnpoli
Wow! Who da thunk!
Ban paris Hilton
Now do a Buddhist monk.
How come I knew this was going to turn into a Trudeau thing, get over it, you lost
Average family emits 5 tons of CO2/year in Canada. Trudeau emitted 3308 tons in 2017 or the same as 661 families.
...and JustinTrudeau !
Shocker!!!!! Wonder why the first question to any celebrity on a late night talk show isn't: how many flights have you taken in the last year? How many flights on a private jet have you taken?
Now do Climate Barbie McKenna.
Hollywood hypocrites !
I’m 💯% sure you could have used JustinTrudeau as an example.
Her carbon footprint is probably a fraction of what Justin Trudeau's is.
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