Jeff Bezos, One Percenter Carbon Hyper-Polluter By James Reed
Wherever possible I like to supply information and arguments that activists from our side against the climate change tyranny can use in public debates with the opposition, whatever forum that takes place in. We are well aware that the climate change agenda of zero net is targeting our lifestyle, with things like 15-minute cities (really woke prisons), the elimination of fossil fuels and meat eating to be replaced by bug eating, for us, but seemingly not the elites like Bill Gates who likes his burgers, it is said. Then we have a whole new level of carbon affluence of one percenters like Jeff Bezos, who has a $ 500 million superyacht. Recall that this Amazon CEO is also super woke on climate change alarmism, so much so that his foundation will push millions, if not billions, to the climate change agenda:
But, all this is impossible to square with facts like his superyacht produces over 7,150 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year, which is 1,500 times more than the average person. That is not even to include his private jet, that he takes to climate change talkfests and the like. These elites like Gates like to argue that they are not inconsistent, since they are doing environmental work to offset their carbon production. But that is irrelevant since the climate change mortality is that producing such carbon in the first place is morally wrong. It is like advancing a Robin Hood argument to justify stealing, for example.
Of course, from our perspective, we care not about the carbon production. But in an ideological war where the stakes are high, and our lifestyle is at stake, we need to use what material against our opponents as is available.
https://luxurylaunches.com/transport/koru-sailing-yacht-carbon-footprint.php
“Centibillionaire Jeff Bezos’ $500 million Koru superyacht emits an astounding 1,500 times more greenhouse gases than an average person. Inspite of being the largest sailing yacht in the world the 417-feet long vessel will be responsible for more than 7,150 tonnes of CO2 every year.
By definition, a billionaire is a person possessing assets worth at least a billion pounds or dollars. However, this definition doesn’t mention the aftermath of owning and using these amazing assets. The Guardian published an article highlighting an analysis by Oxfam and US researchers on twelve of the world’s wealthiest billionaires. According to their findings, this group of tycoons, including Amazon co-founder Jeff Bezos, Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, Bill Gates, Larry Page, Michael Dell, Elon Musk, and Mexican business magnate Carlos Slim, among others, produces more greenhouse gas emissions than the annual energy emissions of 2 million homes.
It’s no secret that the bigwigs of the business world own the largest and most impressive yachts, private jets, and mansions. The largest privately owned sailing yacht in the world, centibillionaire Jeff Bezos’s Koru, is a $500 million masterpiece with equally jaw-dropping carbon emissions. According to an analysis by Wilk and Barroz, the vessel will still emit 7,154 tons of CO2 a year. With the extensive cruising / sailing the newly engaged couple is doing we are certain the footprint will be even more. To put it in perspective, according to the IEA an average person has a carbon footprint 4.7 tonnes of CO2 which makes the Koru responsible for CO2 emissions of more than 1,500 persons.
Lauren Sánchez even tried to justify Koru’s carbon footprint and her own with her environmental work. Speaking to Vogue, she said, “I think Jeff and I really are focusing on the long-term commitment to climate, and we’re extremely optimistic about it. Ten billion is just the beginning.” She stated they use green aviation fuel when possible and that Koru can sail using only wind power. “We’ve done it, and it is magical.” The reality, however, is hardly this simple. For the lack of a helipad on the half-a-billion-dollar schooner, Sanchez’s fiance Bezos, who is also the third-richest man in the world worth $167.8 billion, commissioned a shadow vessel, Abeona, to follow the mothership with every essential toy, tender, and of course, a chopper for Lauren to pilot in and out from.”
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