While we drive less and use paper straws, the rich and famous dump tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere without consequence.
And, crucially, it is the wealthy who set the tone on consumption, making hyper-mobility both aspirational and a social norm. Of course, this doesn’t just apply to private jets, but the aviation industry more broadly, which contributes to around 2.4 per cent of global CO2 emissions. As Stefan points out, “People who fly are already part of an elite [that are] very tiny in terms of all of humanity. It’s only two to four per cent of humanity who fly in a given year.
“It’s the fact that the consumption options available to us have been skewed towards fossil fuels,” he says. As Dario points out, the technologies for clean energy are becoming increasingly prevalent, so the question is, why are they not being scaled up? This comes back to the political influence of the rich, who have poured money into supporting candidates with poor climate records or who deny the existence of the climate crisis altogether.
It is right to be outraged by the carbon-intensive habits of the super-wealthy, but this outrage must not end there. Our energy is far better served joining
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