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A new breed of supersonic executive jets will be even more polluting. The International Council on Clean Transportation, a think-tank, estimates that their emissions will be five to seven times greater than for standard jets. Boom, one of the startups hoping to produce these jets, has forecast that up to 2,000 such supersonic aircraft will be built by 2035.

They should make these guys go carbon neutral by installing CO2 scrubbers or similar for every plane they sell. There's no reason we all have to suffer the consequences of the super rich wasteful behaviour.



or just tax carbon.


There's a reason the super rich lobby for smaller government and fewer regulations.


Maybe we should make your car go carbon neutral?

The percent of CO2 emissions from private jets is <1% in the US. Democracy shouldn’t be two wolves and a sheep deciding whats for dinner.


Well, yes. We should make your (and my and our) cars go carbon neutral.

After all, and using you metaphor, these are the same wolves that said the sheep's car needed a catalytic converter ... and improved safety equipment.


The super rich are somehow the sheep in this metaphor?




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