‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions | Analysis of 19m flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals 50% rise in emissions, condemned as ‘gratuitous waste’

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ratel@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Ah yes, flying to Cop28 climate summit in my private jet...

Meeting rest of the polluters,
Courting fossil fuel producers,
Making promises that disappear,

So I can fly again,
to more conferences that end in vain,

To save the plaaanet,
in my private Jet…

"used like taxis" no shit, what else does the term "private jet" imply.

Well, with airlines getting worse and more expensive, small jets are becoming a more viable alternative...