Climate absurdity at the COP26 summit in Glasgow
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The COP26 climate summit began on October 31 in Glasgow. Even then, it was noticeable that the representatives of states and world tycoons who came to Scotland to debate the progressive climate change mostly went to the climate summit ... by private jets.
According to the British Daily Mail, an extraordinary traffic jam has formed in the sky as a result of such crowds of guests arriving by air. It forced the crews of empty planes to fly about 50 km in order to find a parking space.
The daily added that there could be as many as 400 private planes arriving in Glasgow for the summit. Forecasts suggest that the COP26 private jet fleet will emit a total of 13,000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide, which corresponds to the number of tonnes transmitted by 1,600 Brits every year.
Private, smaller jets are definitely less ecological than trains, cars, or even ordinary passenger planes. And a typical airplane emits 2 tonnes of carbon dioxide per hour.
"As our world leaders tell us plebs how to behave on climate change, here are the private jets used by our world leaders to travel to COP26 in Glasgow - while pumping out 13,000 tonnes of CO2 into the atmosphere. They are pissing down our backs while telling us it's raining," James Melville wrote on Twitter.
