Elon Musk travels more by private jet than nearly anyone else in the U.S., averaging a private flight nearly every two days. The carbon footprint from his 171 private flights in 2022 is 132 times the size of the average American's total annual footprint.
Elon Musk at the 2022 Met Gala Celebrating"In America: An Anthology of Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2022, in New York City.Elon Musk travels more by private jet than nearly anyone else in the US.That's according to a new report by the Institute for Policy Studies and Patriotic Millionaires.according to a report published on MondayThe climate impact of his travel habits, which included taking a private flight nearly every two days on average, are significant.
Private planes are notoriously harmful to the environment. They emit up to 14 times more climate-warming pollution per passenger than commercial planes, since they carry far fewer people on board, the NGO Transport & EnvironmentMusk's carbon footprint from his 171 private flights in 2022 was 132 times the size of the average US resident's total annual footprint from all activities, the report found.
The billionaire's massive carbon footprint is notable, given his car company's mission of reducing transportation emissions. Tesla estimates that its electric cars allowed its customers to avoid 8.4 million metric tons of greenhouse-gas emissions in 2021,Musk is one of a growing number of ultra-wealthy people who regularly fly private — a practice that's
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