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Maraya1969

(22,495 posts)
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 02:40 PM Jul 2022

Please follow this twitter account that tracks celebs using their private jets.

I suppose you can't stop them but maybe shame might work? Or at least let them know that people are watching. I remember Al Gore took commercial planes so as to keep his carbon footprint low. I'm sure all these wealthy celebrities can take commercial flights too if they gave a shit.


https://twitter.com/CelebJets

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blm

(113,083 posts)
1. The problem with that is many of these people have stalkers.
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 02:59 PM
Jul 2022

I worked in the field of celebrity charity events and appearances for over a decade, and we had to be on alert the entire time.

Maraya1969

(22,495 posts)
3. So you are saying they have to take private plans because of this?
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 03:12 PM
Jul 2022

I think airports have private waiting areas for VIPs that could take care of that. Besides, once they get off the plane what do they do?

I only learned about this after reading about that Kardasian that took plane rides of less than 3 minutes long. That is obscene.

And I remember reading about how Willie Nelson had his tour busses made so they could run on vegetable oil.

So for the celebrity that cares they can find a way to not keep jumping on private jets. I'm sure plenty of them already do.

blm

(113,083 posts)
5. No, I'm saying stalkers shouldn't have an added tool given
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 03:17 PM
Jul 2022

to them to assist in their stalking.

BannonsLiver

(16,439 posts)
8. The other issue is the account owner could be a right winger
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 03:24 PM
Jul 2022

Right wingers love to do the whataboutism game with Celebs and private planes. I don’t assume the account owner actually cares about climate change.

Raine

(30,540 posts)
4. Hypocrites should to be exposed, it won't stop them
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 03:14 PM
Jul 2022

but at least people will know what they say in public is different then what they do.

BannonsLiver

(16,439 posts)
7. Interesting account
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 03:23 PM
Jul 2022

I’m not going to assume the account owner cares about climate change. A lot of conservatives frequently do the whataboitism game with celebs and jets.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
9. If all the celebs in the world stopped taking private jets would it make
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 05:30 PM
Jul 2022

a difference? I doubt it. Just seems like more bashing, right up there with telling us mere mortals that we need to stop using straws and sort our plastics. What we need is HUGE infrastructure changes, not judgement on people who aren't making infrastructure plans.

Let's hold the republicans and oil industry accountable.

roamer65

(36,747 posts)
11. Eventually we are going to have to ration hydrocarbons.
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 07:12 PM
Jul 2022

…or Mother Nature will ration humans big time.

One way or another, the problem is going to get solved.

Maraya1969

(22,495 posts)
14. I was just thinking of a previous post I put up about Kylie Jenner and her plane
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 09:37 PM
Jul 2022

trips that last 3 minutes. Once that became public people were trolling her about it - shaming her so to speak

KentuckyWoman

(6,692 posts)
13. No.
Sat Jul 23, 2022, 09:31 PM
Jul 2022

I use public or group transport fairly often. The village bus will take us shopping. .... but I do own my own car.

Sometimes you just want to get from point a to point b without someone annoying you both ways or goofing around so long your ice cream melts. If I feel it, I can't imagine what it is like for high profile people.

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