A private jet belonging to Steven Spielberg has burned more than $116,000 worth of jet fuel since June despite the famous Hollywood director’s past warnings about global warming, according to a flight tracking database.
Spielberg’s plane, a Gulfstream G650, has burned at least $116,159 worth of jet fuel over the course of 16 trips spanning nearly 17,000 miles since June 23, according to flight tracking data from ADS-B Exchange and compiled by the database Celebrity Jets. [bold, links added]
The figures are likely an underestimate since the database did not calculate fuel and distance metrics of at least three trips made by Spielberg’s jet.
However, Spielberg has previously stated that global warming “terrified” him and ripped people who “go blithely through life” without caring about their impact on the environment.
“I’m terrified of [global warming],” Spielberg remarked during a 2018 interview for his film “Ready Player One.”
“Global warming is a scientific reality. It’s not a political trick. It’s a true piece of real, measurable, quantifiable science.”
“People have to come around to believing that this is — we are going to have to have a kind of confrontation with destiny unless we do something about it today,” Spielberg said.
He added that “everybody has to be held responsible” for their role in climate change.
“You know when you’re not mindful of something that could pose a danger to your children and grandchildren?” Spielberg remarked. “Then you just go blithely through life with aerosol cans and doing all sorts of things that are depleting the ozone.”
Among its more than a dozen trips, Spielberg’s jet traveled 3,589 miles from Westhampton, New York, to Amsterdam, Netherlands, on June 29, burning $21,183 worth of fuel and emitting 32 tons of carbon dioxide, according to Celebrity Jets.
The plane then traveled to Rotterdam, Netherlands, before returning to Westhampton on July 1, burning another $24,685 worth of fuel and emitting an additional 38 tons of carbon.
The jet also made lengthy trips from Westhampton to Van Nuys, California, on July 11, from Westhampton to Knock, Ireland, on July 21, and from Teterboro, New Jersey, to Van Nuys on Aug. 4.
The most recent trip recorded was a short flight on Thursday evening from Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, to Teterboro.
Overall, Spielberg’s jet has emitted at least 179 tons of carbon dioxide over the last two months. By comparison, the average American has an annual carbon footprint of 16 tons and the average global footprint is four tons per person.
While the majority of the jet’s trips and fuel usage were recorded, the database did not calculate data for a few flights including two Thursdays from Van Nuys to Chicago and from Chicago to Martha’s Vineyard.
Spielberg is not the only Hollywood celebrity who has warned about global warming while taking private jets around the world.
Fox News Digital reported last week that actor Leonardo DiCaprio went on multiple fossil fuel-powered trips over the last several years while pushing for extreme measures to combat climate change.
In 2016, DiCaprio reportedly flew 8,000 miles via private jet from Europe to New York City to accept an award for his environmental activism. He then returned to Europe for a charity event.
That same year, DiCaprio took a private jet to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. At the summit, the WEF gave DiCaprio its Crystal Award for his “leadership in tackling the climate crisis.”
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Their carbon dioxide doesn’t stink but ours does? Hypocrisy reeks.
Elitists are too entitled, and too important to support their CC hoax! No matter where it originates CO2 is essential to life. I like the recent post by Barry Bateman “Fossil fuels recycle the two basic ingredients of life on earth – CO2 and H2O – when we use them to provide the energy that has made us the best fed, longest-living, most prosperous people that have ever lived! Making fossil fuels the ONLY GREEN ENERGY.”
“It’s a true piece of real, measurable, quantifiable science.”
How the f would he know?
He sells fantastic science fiction.
I think this is how celebrities earn their carbon credits, paying lip service.
No, actually, global warming really IS a political trick. I care intensely about the environment and do I can to protect and preserve my natural surroundings, but have no concerns whatsoever about what people supposedly might be doing to cause bad weather. Fact is, people do not affect weather or climate. As the years go by, I find myself becoming more fuel efficient as economics drive my activities in that direction. For example, I just bought a hybrid vehicle. A few years ago I figured that would NEVER happen, but for the vehicle I need, it was the cheapest model and I can drive happily at 40mpg instead of 32.
I never watched ET and i never ever will