Rather than banning private jet, we could ask that private jet uses only carbon neutral fuels, since they could afford it. However, it might cause rich people to pollute more by using their cars instead of flying, so there's a balancing act.
As was pointed out, this would be for "feel good" purposes only. Private jets are a small part of total aviation emissions, which are themselves a small part of global carbon emissions.
It would be a case of something like "statistical murder" where resources or dollars are spent on making a small difference when the same resources or dollars could be spent on something else that make a much bigger difference.
The elephant in the room is electrical generation. That is where all effort needs to be focused until we reach the point of diminishing returns and the tradeoff vs. other opportunities makes something else worth pursuing.
Yes it would.
Why should I as a lowly pleb suffer when the 1% just say "let them eat cake"
If Taylor Swift's electric bill doubles, she doesn't know. If Joe Bloggs' does it's a major impact.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel is ~$1/liter vs ~$.5 for regular fuel. For a "big" Global 7500 that burns 2kL/hr the markup is $1k/hr on a plane that usually costs $15-20k/hr to rent.
Doesn't seem like a big markup for people who care about their public image.
This describes massively raising the cost of package shipment and air travel. (You can’t cut aviation emissions in half with only private jets or even all of general aviation.)
Were that to happen, I know my responses would probably include buying a larger car (to make travel more comfortable) and possibly expanding my house (since I can’t leave it as often). It would probably play differently in Europe, where passenger rail is a real alternative, granted.
> we could ask that private jet uses only carbon neutral fuels
I’m surprised this isn’t already a requirement.
Having a private jet deliver my amazon package is one of the new prime perks this year.
Second sentence buddy. You’re not cutting aviation emissions in half without cutting broader aviation.