Essays by Eric Worrall
Who are you to question your better, farmer? The nobility broke the rules they tried to impose on others, because they believed that their service justifies any personal excesses.
Jet-powered hypocrisy: Bill Gates invokes his own importance to the climate debate over massive carbon emissions
via SIMON KENT Feb 8, 2023
Bill Gates places himself at the center of the global climate debate because he regularly uses private jets to travel around the world.
Broadcaster Amol Rajan from the BBC asked Gates in a interview aired last Friday about how he reacted to criticism that his use of private jets produces excessive carbon emissions while urging political and business leaders to act. positive action against “climate change”.
Gates replied that he doesn’t just offset his own emissions by paying for the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. He was speaking after flying to Kenya before the interview.
“Well, I buy the gold standard, funding Climeworks, to do direct air capture that far exceeds my family’s carbon footprint,” the Microsoft co-founder said, repeating an argument often made. used by other members of the global elite.
The BBC video interview is available here.
Make no mistake, this is the quintessential world that Bill Gates and his fellow climate aristocrats seem intent on building.
The average person could be forced by a carbon tax to ride an all-weather bike and eat out Fake meat produced by Bill Gates, but Gates and his wealthy climate aristocratic friends intend to keep at least some of the old-world luxuries to their own. They believe their good deeds justify any excess of personal carbon emissions.
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