It's not us. It's them.
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Private jet flights have soared in recent years, with the resulting climate-heating emissions rising by 50 percent, a comprehensive global analysis has revealed.

The assessment tracked more than 25,000 private jets and almost 19 million flights between 2019 and 2023. It found almost half the jets traveled less than 500 kilometers (311 miles) and 900,000 were used “like taxis” for trips of less than 50 kilometers (31 miles).

Private flights, used by just 0.003 percent of the world’s population, are the most polluting form of transport. The researchers found that passengers in larger private jets caused more CO2 emissions in an hour than the average person did in a year.
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FULL STORY ➡️ https://grist.org/transportation/used-like-taxis-soaring-private-jet-flights-drive-up-climate-heating-emissions/

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‘Used like taxis’: Soaring private jet flights drive up climate-heating emissions

An analysis of 19 million flights between 2019 and 2023 reveals a 50 percent rise in emissions.

Grist
@breadandcircuses I live in the kind of town where the private jet users live. There's also a petition to stop private jet expansion at the smaller airport we share with the neighboring town(s). While I'm with the petition in spirit, it also seems like this will just keep shifting that same traffic all the way into Boston. Same emissions in the air, more emissions on the road, but now the burden is on East Boston or Chelsea instead of here. Doesn't seem right.