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If it feels like debates over private jets have escalated over the past few years, that’s likely because private jet usage itself has skyrocketed.<\/p>\n
A study in the journal Nature found that aviation emissions leapt a shocking 46% between 2019 and 2023, which researchers connected to increased use of private jets by the ultra-wealthy.<\/p>\n
All airplanes generate pollution, but private jets typically carry a handful of passengers and fly more frequently, factors that exacerbate their planet-warming effects.<\/p>\n
Researchers have also pinpointed short-distance flights as a problem specific to the ultra-rich, using private jets for distances that could easily be traversed by car.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t clear exactly how far the jet traveled, but the flight lasted about 12 minutes.<\/p>\n
While a few users asserted that the quick trip looked like a “positioning flight” \u2014 an empty flight to position a vessel for a longer journey \u2014 others were cynical, given Jenner’s known penchant for private jet travel.<\/p>\n
One user was somewhat new to the subreddit and admitted that they were unaware of how pervasive celebrity private jet usage had become.<\/p>\n
“This sub has begun to infiltrate my feed and it’s eye-opening. Also, it seems as if* Kylie Jenner is always flying somewhere?” they wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n Another commenter accused the subreddit of failing to understand “positioning flights,” but a third user pointed out that private jets don’t stop polluting simply because no Kardashians or Jenners were on board.<\/p>\n “I get [repositioning], but look at the fuel usage and emissions from repositioning her jet.\u00a0 ~ 98 gallons (373 liters). ~ 660 lbs (299 kg) of jet fuel used. ~ $553 cost of fuel. ~ 1 tons of CO2 emissions,” they countered<\/a>.<\/p>\n “I didn’t realize positioning flights didn’t burn fuel,” another dryly quipped<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ultimately, most users didn’t buy the “positioning” justification.<\/p>\n “Yeah Kylie’s plane is basically a character with its own storyline at this point. Once you start seeing these flight logs you can’t unsee how constant and casual it all is for them. Like 17-minute flights while the rest of us are arguing about paper straws,” one commented<\/a>.<\/p>\n Get TCD’s free newsletters<\/a> for easy tips to save more, waste less, and make smarter choices \u2014 and earn up to $5,000 toward clean upgrades in TCD’s exclusive Rewards Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kylie Jenner’s use of private jets has long been a point of contention among fans and haters alike.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":308971,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,146,85,46,1080,64387],"class_list":{"0":"post-308970","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-il","11":"tag-israel","12":"tag-kylie-jenner","13":"tag-private-jets"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/308971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}