Since the "Elon Musk's Jet" tracker popped up in my feed, I figured I'd do some quick math. Based on a meat diet releasing roughly 6 kg of carbon per day for a 2000 calories a day diet (from random googling) and Elon's one trip generating 47 kt of CO2.

With this single trip, Musk generated more carbon than a would be saved by a heavy meat eater going vegan for 29 years.

I mean, you probably should eat less meat, but it won't save a planet full of billionaire assholes.

@marvin The real unfortunate thing about that article is that the 1.5C ship seems to have sailed. We're projected to hit that sometime between now and 2027: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/17/global-heating-climate-crisis-record-temperatures-wmo-research

We are essentially there now and short of massive societal changes, that is not going to change. We have to go way, way beyond telling people to change their diets, drive less, etc.

@ucblockhead it's very much a "both / and' situation, not either or. Eat the rich AND everyone remaining still has to consume less and modify lifestyles to create a future that doesn't rely on fossil fuels.

Or we keep burning down our children's future. Eating the seed corn. Narrowing the options left.

I've started to openly despise people who fly for vacations, l or cling to high consumption lifestyles. Their thoughts on climate are irrelevant. They have nothing to teach others.