Silk Summary:
Megayachts is the next fad for the uber wealthy and bored. Who cares, except they do as they go around lecturing us about climate change and they themselves, combined, contribute more than some small countries in a day!
When they meet in Davos, Switzerland, the private airports show lines of private jets lined up like the Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall at the Christmas Show. The last meeting had over 1,500 jets.
Take a look below and see if this doesn’t blow your mind! Be careful on how much air you omit. You don’t want to be adding to the global warming now do you?
Oxfam estimated that the average annual carbon footprint of megayachts is 5,672 tons. That figure “would take the average person 860 years to emit the same pollution.”
The 10 wealthiest individuals in the world are said to account for half the world’s emissions, per Oxfam. Conversely, it would take the bottom 99% of individuals 1,500 years to emit the same amount of pollution.
p.s. I wonder if Webster Dictionary has added Megayacht to their list of new name and definition?
