Niccol travels regularly from his home in Newport Beach, California, to Starbucks’ headquarters in Seattle, Washington, via private jet. Each 2,000-mile round-trip commute releases nearly nine tons of carbon dioxide.
The National Center for Public Policy Research’s Free Enterprise Project’s director Stefan Padfield pointed out the discrepancy of policy and practice during his presentation of Proposal 8 requesting an annual report on emissions congruency. He noted that each round trip made by Niccol “is roughly the annual energy-consumption footprint of the typical American household.”
It’s not even just super rich. I used to work for a company that did about 200m in sales and the boss was taking a private jet at lease once a week. Then he laid off 20% of his company in 2024 instead of flying first class.
It’s not even just super rich. I used to work for a company that did about 200m in sales and the boss was taking a private jet at lease once a week. Then he laid off 20% of his company in 2024 instead of flying first class.
Name and shame!
They’ll risk increased chance of crashing and lose hundreds of productive employees than rub elbows with hoi polloi.
Makes you think.
And yet, it’s the Average Joe’s and Jane’s fault for not buying EVs.