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Why? Her methods might be dumb (I'd agree that they are), but the idea that climate change is a threat to take seriously is either true or it isn't and whether or not a particular self described climate activist is an idiot or a hypocrite or both doesn't have any impact on the truth of the message. [/quote]

Because anyone who uses a private jet while preaching about climate change is someone who [i]isn't[/i] actually as concerned with climate change as they claim to be, which in turn suggests that they have ulterior motives which invalidate the credibility of their messaging.

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I believe in climate change and I am sure the activist fervently does too. But I am routinely floored at the hypocrisy of rich “thought leaders” who live in huge houses and fly all around the world all the time lecturing people that they need to do X or y small things to save the planet. [/quote]

I mostly agree with you but isn’t it also the case that most of those people aren’t flying alone?  I mean, if you are bill gates going to Africa for some grant project, you are probably taking a bunch of people from the foundation, and would need security, and  catching three connecting flights[b] from Seattle might be more resource intensive than just putting everyone on a private jet.  [/b]
Brangelina flying private with their kids from France to LA is another story, though.[/quote]

No way.

Flying to London from Seattle in economy emits 1.2 tons of carbon.

A Gulf Stream 500 in the air for for 9.5 hours emits 41 tons of carbon. The max seating of a Gulfstream 500 is 19.  Even if a celebrity is carrying 18 other people in his plane (which I seriously doubt), it would still be 2.2 tons of carbon per passenger. The more common load is more like 4-5.  In which case the tons of carbon per person is 8x vs. “only” 2x.

The average carbon emissions per year per person in the US is around 14 tons.

Any celebrity who claims to care about climate and flies private has zero credibility. (For what it’s worth, I’ve been told Bill Gates used to fly commercial quite frequently. Don’t know if that’s still true.) [/quote]

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