While activists and executives preach household recycling, their private jets burn tons of fuel in a single flight. This gap reveals a class hypocrisy where environmentalism becomes a discursive luxury for the rich, while companies shift blame to the average consumer to avoid regulating their own emissions.
Progressive taxes and train technology as a solution 🚄
High-speed rail technology already allows covering short routes with a fraction of aviation emissions. Implementing a progressive tax per kilometer flown on private jets, along with banning domestic flights where high-speed rail exists, would drastically reduce the corporate carbon footprint. This would force companies to internalize their real environmental costs.
Recycling other people's guilt ♻️
It is curious that those who ask you to separate plastic from cardboard are the same ones who cross the Atlantic in their private jet to attend a climate summit. Perhaps we should change the motto: think globally, but if you have a private jet, act as if the planet were yours. Meanwhile, we will continue washing containers with hot water so they can continue washing their conscience with cold.