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1 in 10 flights taking off from UK are private jets (www.thetimes.co.uk)

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 1 year ago (4 children)

A single billionaire harms the earth an order of magnitude more in a single year than most small towns will in a decade

But if you and your family stop using plastic straws, turn the heat down in winter, meticulously sort all your recycling and use public transport more for the next decade, you can help Jeff Bezos offset the emissions for his next weekend trip to the Maldives!

[–] infectoid 8 points 1 year ago

Something inside me just died.

[–] gornar 2 points 1 year ago

Oof

[–] kenbw2 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well yea. If every person reduced their impact by a tonne, that's 65 tonnes of CO2 saved

How many private jets is that?

[–] Rootiest 3 points 1 year ago

If every person reduced their impact by a tonne, that's 65 tonnes of CO2 saved

Woah there, not everyone!

We can't expect the wealthy jet owners to participate, we are trying to offset their carbon usage after all, it wouldn't be fair if they had to do it as well..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I'd prefer to reduce climate impact by running over Bezo's head with a tank.