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The jet, parked at Charlevoix Airport, is a Bombardier Challenger 601-3R midsize jet that can carry between 9 and 12 passengers, as per Guardian Jet<\/a>. This aircraft is flown fairly regularly by Kid Rock and his team, conducting around 170 flights in 2024, according to Celebrity Private Jet Tracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n Private jets have grown in popularity among the super wealthy because they enable them to travel at a time that is convenient to them, as well as access a wider range of airports. However, this mode of transport is extremely wasteful and receives considerable backlash from people due to the excessive pollution it produces.<\/p>\n Many of the trips taken by people using private jets are short-haul flights that could be replaced by more sustainable modes of transport, such as taking a train or even driving. What makes matters worse is that, according to The Guardian<\/a>, up to 40% of these flights are empty return legs and don’t carry any passengers at all. This consumes a large amount of fuel on unnecessary trips.<\/p>\n Curbing unsustainable travel, like the use of private jets and superyachts, is important for reducing harmful, heat-trapping pollution that is causing the planet to warm. While ordinary people take steps to curb the amount of pollution they produce, such as driving electric cars<\/a>, switching to solar panels<\/a>, and eating more plant-based meals<\/a>, the emissions of the super-rich are increasing exponentially.<\/p>\n This post received a lot of negative comments from outraged readers, who felt that this display of wealth was out of touch with the realities of everyday life.<\/p>\n “Money cannot buy class,” wrote<\/a> one commenter.<\/p>\n While another added<\/a>, “All these private jets for celebrities need to be outlawed.”<\/p>\n Join our free newsletter<\/a> for good news and useful tips, and don’t miss this cool list<\/a> of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Private jets are a controversial topic, often sparking outrage due to their status as a symbol of growing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138430,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[86463,28,86466,86465,86467,61007,86462,86464,23239,250],"class_list":{"0":"post-138429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-airport-in-michigan","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-charlevoix-airport","11":"tag-controversial-topic","12":"tag-economic-inequality","13":"tag-kid-rock","14":"tag-midsize-jet","15":"tag-negative-environmental-impact","16":"tag-private-jets","17":"tag-reddit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}