Essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Peta of Newark; In 2020, the BBC asked “should we give up flying for the sake of the climate?”. That same BBC defends the right of the climate elite to continue using private jets.
How many private jets were at COP27?
By Reality Check team
BBC News
There has been criticism on social media of delegates arriving at the COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
The day before the conference began, hundreds of environmental activists stopped private jets leaving Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, by sitting in front of their wheels and riding around the airfield on bicycles.
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What is the carbon footprint of private jet travel?
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Emissions per kilometre travelled are significantly worse than any other form of transport.
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A government spokesperson said: “This delegation travelled on one of the most carbon-efficient planes of its size in the world and carbon emissions from these flights are also offset.”
The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit’s international lead told BBC Newsthat focusing on world leaders taking private jets to COP27 was “missing the point”.
“The emissions are negligible compared to the impact of decisions and commitments made at these summits,” he said.
“If you want emissions to come down, you want leaders in the room and media, scientists and stakeholders asking the important questions.”
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/63544995
Start as you mean to continue?
I love articles like this, because they give us a glimpse of the cruel medieval world I believe our climate elites are attempting to engineer.
The picture in my mind is the movie “The Hunger Games“, in which ordinary people are coerced into giving up automobiles, clothes washing machines and driers, air conditioners, home heating, and other modern conveniences. A world in which ordinary people are continuously exhorted to live low carbon lives of manual labor, drudgery and hardship, for the sake of the planet, while the elites continue to live high on all the luxuries they deny to everyone else, because of the alleged importance of their work.
If you have any doubts, ask yourself when the BBC and British Government plan to stop trying to grant moral passes to the elite, because of the alleged importance of their work.
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“The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit’s international lead told BBC News”
That would be the same Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit founded by Richard Black after he left the BBC.
You know, the same Richard Black who used to be a BBC Environment correspondent.
The circular propaganda continues on its merry way.
Of course the irony is not lost that we on wattupwiththat are holding our conference emitting no CO2 at all😉 judge by deeds and not words
The Climate Elite also get free passes for their super yachts. That from the EU
Not just elites but also paid protesters on vacations.
Let’s pretend there are no other policy problems to deal with…
UK’s self-billed ‘Scrooge’ promises tax rises, spending cuts – ABC News (go.com)
What else would anyone expect from the BBC? I’m surprised The Guardian hasn’t published an article justifying these private flights as well.
Remember, the term “Jet Set” was reserved for the elite when jet airplanes first started carrying passengers in the late 1950’s. Nothing has changed.
Here in Calgary the news today repeated an item about native groups from the Yukon went to cop27 to talk about how climate change affects them, the woman they interviewed talked about reduced numbers of salmon.
Of course that is likely due to over fishing not CC but of course that’s not a question anyone bothers asking.
What can one say? We point this out every time, every year, when the IPCC have their annual ball in some exotic venue. Each time the BBC and the rest of the MSM make excuses for what is simply a private junket for a private boys (and girls) private club . .