I’m sure they have limos. Their limo driver is told, “Meet A at B street and bring them to XXX airport by Y pm.”
It would be very unprofessional for the pilot to call the driver at the last minute and say, “Change of plans, now you bring them to ZZZ airport, it’s a little further away which means you’ll have to leave T minutes sooner”. Depending on their schedule, A might not even be able to leave T minutes sooner.
We live in a society where staying on schedule is valued way more than reducing carbon emissions. Another thought experiment: you are 30 minutes late to work. Your boss demands an explanation. You say, “I have a very good explanation, today I decided to bike to work instead of drive”. That’s probably not going to be good enough. You are expected to emit CO2 whenever it’s necessary to stay on schedule.
It’s not just the rich. It’s everyone who takes a car to work instead of bike, it’s everyone who takes an Uber or even a bus instead of walking a mile, it’s everyone who demands that stores open on time and packages are delivered on time.
It’s hypocritical to hold Musk to a standard that nobody else meets.
I’m sure they have limos. Their limo driver is told, “Meet A at B street and bring them to XXX airport by Y pm.”
It would be very unprofessional for the pilot to call the driver at the last minute and say, “Change of plans, now you bring them to ZZZ airport, it’s a little further away which means you’ll have to leave T minutes sooner”. Depending on their schedule, A might not even be able to leave T minutes sooner.
We live in a society where staying on schedule is valued way more than reducing carbon emissions. Another thought experiment: you are 30 minutes late to work. Your boss demands an explanation. You say, “I have a very good explanation, today I decided to bike to work instead of drive”. That’s probably not going to be good enough. You are expected to emit CO2 whenever it’s necessary to stay on schedule.
Once again, this sounds like justifying pollution for the convenience of the rich.
It’s not just the rich. It’s everyone who takes a car to work instead of bike, it’s everyone who takes an Uber or even a bus instead of walking a mile, it’s everyone who demands that stores open on time and packages are delivered on time.
It’s hypocritical to hold Musk to a standard that nobody else meets.
None of those are anywhere near as polluting as jet fuel. Which has lead in it.
It’s still justifying pollution for your convenience. And a lot more CO2 has been emitted for the convenience of people who aren’t rich.
If you live in the US, you are responsible for 3-10X the emissions of people in other countries. You can’t justify that by pointing to Musk.
I see, so I can’t criticize Musk for adding lead to the atmosphere for his personal convenience because I have a carbon footprint.
Logical.
Singling someone out for criticism when you do the same is the definition of hypocrisy.
But… I don’t do the same. I don’t put lead into the atmosphere.
You’ve never flown on a commercial aircraft? Or bought anything that was transported by air?