The World Economic Forum, where climate change will be high on the agenda, is off and running in Davos, Switzerland. Or should we say, off and flying:
Record private jet flights into Davos as leaders arrive for climate talk https://t.co/po8SAX7zrf
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 22, 2019
Some things are just too perfect for words.
The people insisting there's a climate apocalypse don't believe there's a climate apocalypse. https://t.co/Qk2aUkfC8m
— jon gabriel (@exjon) January 23, 2019
#ClimateChange is on the agenda at #Davos. Perhaps they should start in the airplane parking lot where 1,500 PRIVATE JETS are expected during the economic conference. https://t.co/wPv6SvxWq5 pic.twitter.com/f6TstSsnde
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) January 22, 2019
And the number of private jets isn’t the only thing that’s growing, but also the size of the planes, according to The Guardian:
Political and business leaders and lobbyists are opting for bigger, more expensive aircrafts, according to analysis by the Air Charter Service, which found the number of private jet flights grew by 11% last year.
“There appears to be a trend towards larger aircraft, with expensive heavy jets the aircraft of choice, with Gulfstream GVs and Global Expresses both being used more than 100 times each last year,” said Andy Christie, private jets director at the ACS.
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Gee, why are they having so much trouble convincing people to heed their warnings?
Drives me nuts…the “do as I say, not as I do” crowd.
— DW Berkley (@DWBerkley) January 23, 2019
Give them the benefit of the doubt. I'm sure they Learjet-pooled.
— Avigdor Loeb (@AvigdorLoeb) January 23, 2019
AOC just revised her end of times date by 6 months. Plan accordingly!
— Tony Bruno (@TonyBrunoShow) January 23, 2019
You couldn't make this up ?
Record private jet flights into Davos as leaders arrive for climate talk https://t.co/wB84lx6ZjE#climatechange #climateaction #climatebreakdown pic.twitter.com/gAL0GKR1rM
— Brewtopia ?☕️ (@buildbrewtopia) January 22, 2019
Oh the irony https://t.co/YnWCkiR2xc
— Andreas (@andskli) January 23, 2019
I can't quite put my finger on why people are increasingly getting sick of the establishment ? https://t.co/WX3doVSNLc
— Dick Puddlecote (@Dick_Puddlecote) January 22, 2019
Some people claim the right to steal the remaining carbon budget from future generations and people in poorer parts of the world.
1500 private jets to be used getting to the @wef in #Davos.#wef https://t.co/yGWD48EpPC
— Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) January 22, 2019
Oh, the irony. And disappointment. Someone needs to build an app so that rich people can 'private jet share'.
#Davos2019 #ClimateChange https://t.co/OEdFra7sm3— Ken Banks (@kiwanja) January 22, 2019
Crap like this makes us really difficult for regular folks to take our leader’s word on climate change seriously. ? https://t.co/DOxsidYWpQ
— Just Chris ? ?? (@Crispius) January 23, 2019
They expect everybody else to believe their alarmism while behaving like they don’t even believe it.
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