Celebrities are being targeted lately for performing short-haul flights with your private jetsa fact that favors contamination, results in a type of transport that could be expendable.
A few weeks ago it already happened with Kylie Jenner, who received a barrage of criticism for posting a photo on her Instagram where she appeared with her partner, Travis Scott, next to their two private jets in which she stood up for a photo: “Do you want to go in mine or in yours?
It breaks my head that Kylie jenner and her boyfriend get to choose which private jet they are going to go to California, which is 12 MINUTES from that place and us poor recycling soda caps to take care of the world pic.twitter.com/sg4d169QOT
– GONZA CARRANZA (@gonzacarranzaa) July 19, 2022
The criticism was obvious since the celebrities traveled by jet to California (United States), a journey that lasted approximately 12 minutes and could have been perfectly done by car, for example.
But the real problem with these private jets is the disproportionate impact on the environment. Jets are the worst offenders of emissions per passenger, since there are more passengers on a commercial plane and the total emission is ‘equivalent’ in some way, but this is not the case on a private jet.
Taylor Swift, the most polluting jet
According to a Yard study, the celebrity who has polluted the most in CO2 emissions with your private jet travel from early 2022 is Taylor Swift.
After an investigation of more than 1,500 flights through Celebrity Jets, a registry of all the stars’ private jets, it has been concluded that not even Kylie Jenner enters the ‘top 10’ list of most polluting jets, but Travis Scott, ranked number ten.
So that, Taylor Swift is at the top of the lista fact that has had a lot of repercussion on the networks and has quickly been echoed, since the worrying figures directly affect the environment and the message of recycling or reducing the use of plastic can be hypocritical for users.
“I recycle trash and go shopping with a cart to avoid plastic bags. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift has issued in a year 8,200 tons of CO2 on private flights, 1,100 times more than the annual emissions of an average citizen. Climate change is the rich”, commented the user @pablom_m.
I recycle garbage and go shopping with a cart to avoid plastic bags. Meanwhile, Taylor Swift has emitted 8,200 tons of CO2 in one year on private flights, 1,100 times more than the annual emissions of an average citizen. Climate change are the rich.
– PabloMM (@pablom_m) July 30, 2022
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But, after the publication of the study and the media coverage of it, the representative of the celebrity has clarified that Taylor’s jet “is regularly lent to other people. Attributing most or all of these trips to her is flagrantly incorrect.”
Study Conclusions
Yard data reveals that each celebrity has emitted an average of 3,376.64 tons of CO2 emissions from just using their private jet in 2022 so far, 482.37 times more than the annual emissions of an average person (a average person emits 7 tons of CO2 per year). Also, they have stated that the average flight time was only 71.77 minutes with an average of 66.92 miles (about 106 kilometers) traveled per flight.
if we’re going to criticize kim kardashian and kylie jenner for using private jets for such short trips we have to keep that energy going for all the other celebrities including and starting with taylor who is the celebrity who contributes the MOST to co2 emissions with her jet
— chad dylan cooper (@znazyalenskyy) July 29, 2022
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