or years, outrage over the high-carbon consumption of the rich and famous in the face of climate change has stirred passionate outrage and accusations of hypocrisy, from Leonardo DiCaprio’s private jet rides to Bill Gates’s yacht.
But that doesn’t mean their behavior doesn’t matter. A quick review of the surprisingly robust academic research on celebrities and climate change suggests that there’s another, arguably more important, reason why the public should be outraged: celebrities shape what everyone else does. That’s true for what products we buy, obviously, but it’s also true for how seriously the public and even policymakers take climate change.
The 2017 research suggests that celebrities offered a key asset that scientists couldn’t: telling followers how to feel. When DiCaprio travels the world visiting different sites relevant to climate change in the documentary, his reactions—angry, sad, passionate, etc.—tell the audience what emotions they should experience. And that matters because committed followers tend to listen.
The private jet hubbub is easiest to understand. In late July, we learned some truly wild statistics about celebrity private jet habits. Taylor Swift’s private jet had taken off some 170 times between January and late July, according to anfrom sustainability marketing firm Yard. Floyd Mayweather’s jet flew 177 trips in the same time period, including a 10-minute flight between two airports in the Las Vegas area.
Conspiracy theory
Seems like nobody is taking it seriously yet?
Idk. To me celebrities are such because for whatever reason people likes very much what they do, no matter what it is, and makes them filthy rich. There is nothing serious about it and they love what that money brings. But you can try to teach them to be better hypocrites.
All Aviation only accounts for 1% of global emissions. Less sensationalism, more science please 👍🏼
In others, they need to lead by example instead of just talking
Celebs/politicians. How many congressman and senators fly back and forth to dc with families and how often?
'They are called 'private jets' because it is impolite for the poors to discuss them. Time, you are being rude.' NetJets
I mean you guys are wasting paper and gasoline, so
Celebrities drive container ships and run oil companies which are far far bigger polluters?
Keep telling yourself that.
Not as much as you think.
What the f, since when are celebrities doing this? They are not scientists with scientific data to show. No hypothesis or scientific theory. Who in their right mind would follow celebrities instead of a certified well academic scholar.
The complete lack of evidence doesn't help
If 'dignitaries' would care abou climate change, they would have not come to the UNGA and would have used videoconferencing to address their concerns to the rest of the world.
Lmfao, this is amazing. These people are so disconnected
Poll: Are celebrities exacerbating climate change?
I’m tone deaf, I can’t hear yachts and private planes🤭
I’m too busy caring about people I know... …someone else will have to care about celebrities.
They contribute nothing to society, in fact when they disappear they are forgotten.
Help please
Corrupt social elites being hypocritical surprising is it not?
Because they served the elites function of parrotting everything and now tiktok put them out of work so they have to be held accountable like us? Got it!
You're forgetting about business men, the wealthy, etc.
I'm saving up for a luxury private jet so I can escape climate change.
📁 CelebritiesShapeHowSeriously
You wish, don't you?
Na, fuck it, take a Privee every time.
This is one of the most depressing tweets I’ve ever seen
Living things produce many times more CO2 than fossil fuels. There is no CO2 crisis. 😂Its a scam to tax you. Plants love CO2 and PPM was much higher historically.🌿The real crisis is the collapsing economy. They need a new financial system and plan for individual carbon credits.
Poll: Did media create false idols?
why globalists don't use a scooter to protect the climate?
Tabiki ciddi almıyorlar.
Don't let the rich destroy the planet and then hide in bunkers.
I feel dumber after reading, then re-reading this. To those who are counting on celebrities to tell them how to feel, please locate and utilize a quality psychotherapist with haste. Please.
The planet has its own cycles and they are more powerful and determining than our insignificant actions. The planet needs to up and down temperatures. Humans are living in the short period of time the planet allows them to live. There's nothing we can do about it.
Yeah, they all have their own planes, trains & autos x 12 about.
STINKING HYPOCRISY....Climate change is more of a SCAM to serve few ELITES personal AGENDA..
We believe in things we can't prove and we value things we don't understand. Are we hoping for *solutions* - - to the consequences of OUR DELUSIONAL APATHY ... ... and also hoping to *remain* both DELUSIONAL & APATHETIC?
Do you know the MANYVIP LIST? Published all the Problems that the current Social Networks generate to the Citizens and Democracies of the World.
Let's ban celebrities from using private jets
Yes, our society is completely broken and we deserve our inevitable extinction. Well spotted.
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We need more «green shadow» all over the world - nothing better to counter climate change & heat waves. Only if soil contains enough organic content it’s capable of maximum water storage. «Toilet brush trees», earth warming, soil degradation – SaveSoil!
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Why you should care about the media's hypocricy. There, fixed it.
And when societies rely on dumb celebrities for shaping public and policymakers minds, all sorts of climate change, for worst though 😉😜😂
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Why doesn’t the city shut the water off if someone exceeds a water budget by over half a million gallons DURING A DROUGHT?
Who cares about celebrities? I certainly do not and know of no one that ponders their positions on anything. Remember, they are actors. Spend less time on the TV and more time reading books of value, which are typically olden ones. Weather manipulation is a bad thing. (HAARP)
You’d better hope not. Because all of them are buying beachfront land and that really doesn’t lend much credence to your “imminent climate change apocalypse” scenario now does it.
How about we don't care about celebrities....
Can’t believe Time would turn on their own like this
No more luxury private jets. Make celebrities use the same planes as the rest of us.
JustinWorland elonmusk electric planes by tesla
JustinWorland 😓😇
JustinWorland What's the point of working hard to be rich if you can't enjoy things others can't? This is fucking stupid. Society will NEVER shame rich people into not having private jets. I'm not saying it's morally right, I'm saying it's futile and alittle jealous-sounding
JustinWorland I will never care how many flights the rich take
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