It is often difficult to identify the excesses of the rich and powerful. Sure, we can record the total cost of the red carpet clothing, Do some math on napkins to see how much a big party will cost, or see price lists for super palace like very jealous hawks; But for most of the things that separate our celebrities, nOrmals, it’s very hard to get any kind of detailed list of all the ways that are better than pure humans.
The exception to this rule is, usually, Is the use of a private plane, given that flight records are general knowledge that must be recorded at different airports-Subsequently A small industry full of blogs and accounts Which monitors flight times in a poll. aand now new rolling rock Piece Putting some of the world’s largest private jet users (and their subsequent carbon emissions) in placeTaylor Swift topped the list with 170 flights made by her private jet This year so far, the number is increasing.
presumably pRealizing the optics in this aren’t great – private flights are harder on the environment than any other action an individual can do (while still small percentage of emissions from the fossil fuel industry, natch) – The Swift team quickly released a statement to rolling rockindicating that Swift is not flat on me Most of those trips. Being a generous soul, she’s freely lent her plane, apparently, so she’s not one to fly. (It’s…still her plane, though? We’re not actually sure how this statement helps, if we’re being honest.)
None of them stop a healthy crop of sarcastic jokes about using a Swift plane from appearing everywhere online today, in the phrase “My statement about how I don’t actually take a lot of private plane flights has a lot of people make fun of using my private plane” sort of What. (She shares several GIFs of random people riding helicopters.)
In addition to Swift, there are other people named on the list (compiled by Yard Sustainable Marketing, working with data from celebrity planesProfessional athletes include Floyd Mayweather (177 flights) and Alex Rodriguez (106 flights), as well as Jay-Z, who is credited with all flights made by Puma’s private jet, Because the brand bought the plane apparently at his suggestion. The top ten flight applicants include Steven Spielberg, Blake Shelton, Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Mark Wahlberg and Travis Scott, all of whom are said to have carbon emissions hundreds of times higher than the average American.
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