Private Jets, Public Hypocrisy: How Climate Alarmists Just Reinvented Irony

The Nature piece explores the carbon carnage of private aviation, quantifying the annual emissions of private jets at a hefty 15.6 million tons of CO2 in 2023. For context, that’s about the same as the yearly emissions of Croatia. Nearly half of these flights were under 500 km—essentially airborne Ubers for billionaires—and some were as short as 50 km.


In one hilarious (or infuriating) twist, many jets weren’t even carrying passengers but were repositioned empty.

Efficiency, thy name is not “private aviation.”

The report notes that while commercial aviation’s carbon footprint is broadly understood, private jets occupy a particularly egregious spot in the emissions hierarchy. They emit 5-9 times more CO2 per passenger than a commercial flight, depending on whether you’re in economy or lounging in business class. Yet, despite their planetary bloviating, the elites’ addiction to private aviation remains unchecked