We all live on the same planet, so YOUR private jet is MY business.
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We all live on the same planet, so YOUR private jet is MY business.
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TCat - Vote Blue, Vote Harrisreplied to StillIRise1963 for HARRIS last edited by
@StillIRise1963
Your private jet has much more impact on me than what bathroom you use, whether you have/abort your baby and what books are in the school library.Maybe let's focus on what really matters and mind our own business in the rest.
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David Scott Moyerreplied to TCat - Vote Blue last edited by
@TCatInReality A quick search tells me that a private jet puts about 20 times as much carbon into the air per mile as the average car. Overall, private jets account for a tiny fraction of all carbon emissions. All aviation is about 2 1/2 percent, and private jets are les than 1% of that.
Not advocating for them, but if we are going to "focus on what really matters", maybe private jets aren't it.
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Greg Spoonerreplied to David Scott Moyer last edited by
@farbel @TCatInReality @StillIRise1963
1) private jets are completely unnecessary, while other forms of transportation are.
2) while the fraction of warming attributable to private jet use is small, it will be very hard going indeed to get large numbers of already-modest GhG emitting humans to reduce their footprint further while we allow the profligate to keep lavishly polluting
3) private jets are one of the fastest growing forms of emissions.
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TCat - Vote Blue, Vote Harrisreplied to Greg Spooner last edited by
@gregspooner @farbel @StillIRise1963
and I'll add a few more4) private jets, when owned by corporations, are a tax deductible expense, reducing public revenue
5) the per person carbon emission of a private jet is far more than 2.5x a car. Here's just one analysis. https://www.bbc.com/news/59135899
6) the continued use, and expansion, of private jets drains resources and capital from other modes of travel