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Montero\"Lil Nas X\" Hill got lambasted by random people online for flying in a commercial plane, prompting the music star to say he's doing his part for the planet by not traveling in a fuel-guzzling private jet.<\/p>
\"[T]o all u bitches calling me broke for flying on a regular plane i don’t wanna see not one viral carbon footprint tweet when yall see my ass on a jet,\" he posted<\/a> on the social media platform X-formerly-Twitter.<\/p> Critics of the rap-country-pop star were responding to his tweeted video posted a day earlier<\/a> where he is seen smiling and laughing silently inside a noisy airplane cabin with a caption that seems to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris over ex-President Donald Trump.<\/p> Some replies agreed with his political seal of approval, while others trolled with pro-Trump messages. But a few poked at him for flying with the rest of the hoi polloi.<\/p> \"[A]ren’t you supposed to be flying private? *gasp* are you... broke?\" wrote one person<\/a>.<\/p> That obviously got under Lil Nas' skin, which forced him to clap back to the online crowd.<\/p> to all u bitches calling me broke for flying on a regular plane i don’t wanna see not one viral carbon footprint tweet when yall see my ass on a jet — ? ????·?•?????·???????????l (@LilNasX) July 27, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> Setting aside his political endorsement, Lil Nas X has a point about private jets.<\/p> For example, Taylor Swift has gotten immense flack for having possibly the highest carbon footprint of any celebrity<\/a>, at an estimated 8,300 tons of carbon emissions annually as of 2022 because of her extensive private jet use, dwarfing the typical American carbon footprint of around 16 tons per year<\/a>.<\/p> Now imagine a lot of other Taylor Swifts, in the form of people with lesser names but just as much money, flying private and emitting untold tons of carbon during their frequent travels.<\/p> For example, it's been estimated that about one percent of people<\/a> were responsible for 50 percent of airplane carbon missions in 2018.<\/p> So Lil Nas X is in the right — not just is he doing the right thing for the planet, but he'd almost certainly be criticized for flying private.<\/p> Maybe some people just need to cool their jets.<\/p> More on airplanes:<\/strong> Want to Save the Environment? Experts Say You Should Stop Traveling<\/em><\/a><\/p> The post Lil Nas X Is Flying Commercial to Avoid the Huge Carbon Footprint of a Private Jet<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Go here to read the rest: Flying Low Montero\"Lil Nas X\" Hill got lambasted by random people online for flying in a commercial plane, prompting the music star to say he's doing his part for the planet by not traveling in a fuel-guzzling private jet. \"[T]o all u bitches calling me broke for flying on a regular plane i don\u2019t wanna see not one viral carbon footprint tweet when yall see my ass on a jet,\" he posted on the social media platform X-formerly-Twitter. Critics of the rap-country-pop star were responding to his tweeted video posted a day earlier where he is seen smiling and laughing silently inside a noisy airplane cabin with a caption that seems to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris over ex-President Donald Trump. Continue reading ![\"?\"](\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/14.0.0\/72x72\/1f62d.png\")
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