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Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims (gizmodo.com)
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  • Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
  • Musk's personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
  • Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Planes are already pretty fuel efficient per passenger. And larger planes are unlikely, because this would mean all runways they want to use must be extended so the can start and land there.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Commercial planes with high occupancy got somewhat efficient (until you compare to other modes of transportation), but private jets with 1 ego on board are incredibly fuel inefficient.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Carbon emissions per km:-

    • Domestic flight: 240 g

    • Eurostar (train): 4 g

    Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-footprint-travel-mode

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago*

    That's domestic flights in the UK which are stupidly short. Short and long haul flights are at 150g which is already less than ICE cars at ~170 and not far above the average bus at 100g. Though obviously no where near electrified rail.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    Planes are already pretty fuel efficient per passenger

    Eh.... They're similar to cars for a similar distance. But, that still means gobs of CO2 emitted if you're traveling from NY to LA, which would be a massive trip in a car.

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