List that shows celebrities with the highest CO2 emissions on jets also includes Jay-Z and Kim Kardashian
After searching the yardUK sustainability marketing company, Taylor Swift was placed at the top of the list of celebrities who most pollute the environment with private jets. Because of this, the singer was heavily criticized – and several memes appeared on the internet.
Furthermore, the list of yard counts with nine other names that polluted with jets. This data comes from the Twitter account @CelebJetswhich takes this content from ADS-B Exchange (site described as the world’s largest source of unfiltered flight data).
About Taylor Swift, in-flight CO2 emissions totaled 8,293.54 tonnes, which is “1,184.8 times more than the annual emissions of the average person,” according to the survey. The shortest route was made from Missouri to Nashville, with just 36 minutes of travel. On this subject, several netizens took the opportunity to make a joke.
On Twitter, one person shared a clip of a woman exiting a helicopter and wrote: “Taylor Swift on my way to the supermarket.” Meanwhile, another wrote: “Listening to Taylor Swift to help her pay for the jet’s fuel.”
taylor swift on her way to the grocery store pic.twitter.com/iuK9OO6WLG
— 🐺 (@oliviatheehye) July 30, 2022
streaming Taylor Swift to help her pay for her jet fuel >>>
—ian (@itsianraymond) July 30, 2022
In a statement given to The Hollywood Reporterrepresentatives of Swift responded about this controversy: “The jet of taylor is regularly loaned to other individuals. Attributing most or all of these trips to her is grossly incorrect.”
Rest of the top 10 celebrities with the highest CO2 emissions on jets
the boxer Floyd Mayweather ranked second on the list, emitting 7,076.8 tons of CO2 on 177 flights. Jay-Z ranked third, and recorded 136 flights with 6,981.3 tons of CO2 in total.
The list goes on with the baseball player A-Rod (5,342.7 tons of CO2), Blake Shelton (4,495 tons), Steven Spielberg (4,465 tons), Kim Kardashian (4,268.5 tons), Mark Wahlberg (3,772.85 tons), Oprah Winfrey (3,493.17 tons) and Travis Scottwhich ranked 10th with 3,033.3 tons of emissions.
Source: Rollingstone
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