if you feel like laughing-crying at the absurdity of the point we've reached with celebrity culture i highly suggest checking out the CelebJets twitter account. They use airport information to track down celeb flights and calculate their CO2 emmissions and it's the most insane shit I've ever seen
Floyd Mayweather taking a flight from Las Vegas to... Las Vegas. Not even the opposite side of Las Vegas. Literally just from the south to the upper south. 1 ton of CO2 emitted
[ID: Three tweets by CelebJets describing the flight. First one says "Floyd Mayweather's Jet Landed in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Apx. flt. time 15 mins". It has, attached, a map that shows that the flight went from southernmost Las Vegas to central-south Las Vegas. The flight didn't go in a straight line, but did a circle around the region that seems to be about 8 times the distance between the two points. The second says: "Floyd Mayweather's Jet: approximately 121 gallons (458 liters), approximately 811 lbs (368 kg) of jet fuel used, approximately $816 cost of fuel, approximately 1 ton of CO2 emissions". The third one says, "Floyd Mayweather's Jet Took off from Las Vegas, Nevada, US". End ID]
Floyd Mayweather taking a flight from Las Vegas to Van Nuys, then back to Las Vegas, then to Van Nuys again, then to Las Vegas again, all in the span of 24 hours, emitting 15 tons of CO2 in the process
[ID: Four threads, all dated from Jul 27th (except for the last one, which is dated Jul 28th) detailing his flights. All have maps showing the same itinerary, which seems to be done more or less in a straight line. The first one says: "Floyd Mayweather's Jet Landed in Van Nuys, California, US. Apx. flt. time 37 Mins. Floyd Mayweather's Jet 229 mile (199 NM) flight from LAS to VNY. Approximately 300 gallons (1,135 liters); approximately 2,009 lbs (911 kg) of jet fuel used; approximately $2,032 cost of fuel; approximately 3 tons of CO2 emissions." The second one says: "Floyd Mayweather's Jet Landed in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Apx. flt. time 44 Mins. Floyd Mayweather's Jet 229 mile (199 NM) flight from VNY to LAS. Approximately 353 gallons (1,336 liters); approximately 2,365 lbs (1,073 kg) of jet fuel used; approximately $2,392 cost of fuel; approximately 4 tons of CO2 emissions." The third one says: "Floyd Mayweather's Jet Landed in Van Nuys, California, US. Apx. flt. time 43 Mins. Floyd Mayweather's Jet 229 mile (199 NM) flight from LAS to VNY. Approximately 346 gallons (1,309 liters); approximately 2,317 lbs (1,051 kg) of jet fuel used; approximately $2,330 cost of fuel; approximately 4 tons of CO2 emissions." The last one says: "Floyd Mayweather's Jet Landed in Las Vegas, Nevada, US. Apx. flt. time 41Mins. Floyd Mayweather's Jet 226 mile (196 NM) flight from VNY to HSH: approximately 333 gallons (1,262 liters); approximately 2,235 lbs (1,014 kg) of jet fuel used; approximately $2,247 cost of fuel; approximately 4 tons of CO2 emissions. End ID]
Tom Cruise taking a private jet to fly for 10 minutes
[ID: "Tom Cruise's Challanger 300 Landed near Killarney, County Kerry, IE. Apx. flt. time 12 Mins. Tom Cruise's Challanger 300 44 mile (38 NM) flight from SNN to KIR. Approximately 64 gallons (241 liters); 428 lbs (194 kg) of jet fuel used; approximately $429 cost of fuel; approximately 0.6733 tons of CO2 emissions." End ID]
Kylie Jenner taking that personally and taking a 4 minutes long flight. That's right, not even 5 full minutes inside the jet
[ID: Tweet describing the flight mentioned above. This time it doesn't have the stats, only the map, which shows a distance so small you can barely see its outline under the small airplane drawing that shows her current location. The flight was from Camarillo, California, to Van Nuys, California. It lasted 4 minutes. End ID]
Jay-Z taking a flight for a distance of 12 miles (19 kilometers). Gotta get that jet to go to the grocery store!
[ID: "Puma/Jay-Z's Jet Landed in Teterboro, New Jersey, US. Apx. flt. time 18 Mins. Puma/Jay-Z's Jet 12 mile (11 NM) flight from EWR to TEB. Approximately 139 gallons (526 liters); approximately 932 lbs (423 kg) of jet fuel used; approximately $937 cost of fuel; approximately 1 tons of CO2 emissions." Again the line showing the distance in the map is so small the model airplane covers it entirely. End ID]
And last but not least, Kylie Jenner emitting 50 tons of CO2 in one single day
[ID: "Kylie Jenner's Jet Landed in Milan, Lombardy, IT. Apx. flt. time 10 Hours 17 Mins. Kylie Jenner's Jet 6,053 mile (5,260 NM) flight from VNY to LIN. Approximately 4,737 gallons (17,933 liters); approximately 31,751 lbs (14,402 kg) of jet fuel used; approximately $31,978 cost of fuel; approximately 50 tons of CO2 emissions." End ID]
And these are just my personal faves from the last 10 days. There is so, so much more out there and it's just slightly less absurd than these
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