The Associated Press, reveals pop music singer Taylor Swift is being scrutinized and scolded for her carbon footprint. This resulting from her private jet use in which Swift is expected to attend today's Super Bowl to cheer on her boyfriend who will be playing in the game. Swift's being singled out comes on the heels of a University of Central Florida student named Jack Sweeney who has examined her private jet use and making his findings available online.
Sweeney got under Swift's skin to the point where her attorneys sent the university student a cease and desist order. In fairness, Jack Sweeney's scrutiny of high profile personalities (like Taylor Swift and Elon Musk) seems to be even handed. However, in light of Sweeney's findings it would not be inappropriate to crown Taylor Swift as the Queen of Carbon Emissions.
None the less, as a public figure Taylor Swift invites this kind of criticism and the fact that the entertainer would threaten legal action against Jack Sweeney for using publicly available information is very concerning. Especially since Swift publicly supported Joe Biden (who campaigned heavily on tackling climate change) 4 years ago.
However, her publicist explains to the AP how Taylor Swift justifies her travel, especially while on tour: She bought a lot of carbon offsets. Swift undoubtedly rushed to buy carbon offsets thinking they would be a good media talking point to ward off criticism or to truly offset the emissions from her many tour flights. But carbon credits have long been known to be nothing more than a shell game that even two environmentalist publications confirmed late last year after examining the United Nations' purchasing of them.
Carbon credits are nothing more than indulgences in order to relieve well-connected people (like celebrities), politicians, and companies of the guilt for their carbon footprint. Al Gore made a fortune selling carbon offsets and laughed all the way to the bank in which the people who sold Taylor Swift carbon offsets undoubtedly did too.
In reality, Taylor Swift got taken and her attempts to ward off criticism (even from environmentalists) of her carbon emissions are blowing up despite her supporting Joe Biden. In short, the left is (yet again) eating their own.
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