Celebrity jet flights have been the subject of considerable controversy and outrage on social media.

An increasing number of people have been criticizing high-profile celebrities, musical artists, and CEOs for their wasteful, environmentally damaging flights.

In fact, there is an entire subreddit dedicated to tracking celebrities’ jet usage using publicly available flight data.

In a post to r/CelebrityJets, one Reddit user shared a photo of billionaire rapper Jay-Z’s 12-minute jet flight.

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“Jay-Z’s Jet (N44440) landed in Camarillo, California, United States. Apx. flt. time 12 min.,” the original poster wrote.

They also observed that the trip used 354 liters of jet fuel — valued at an estimated $535 — and released 0.9876 tons of carbon dioxide pollution.

An additional detail made the flight even more frustrating.

“It’s empty,” a Camarillo airport employee explained. “Repositioning flight to its hangar in Camarillo.”

The plane taking off, releasing nearly a ton of planet-warming pollution, then landing again with nobody on board seems like an even more significant waste.

This example of a celebrity jet trip is a salient reminder that individuals’ excessive lifestyles have broader implications.

People who constantly live under public scrutiny have a responsibility to set an example for others who admire and look up to them. As global citizens, we are all responsible for environmental conservation and for caring for the places we live, work, and travel.

Without that mindfulness, our favorite places will deteriorate with habitat loss, become polluted to unhealthy levels, and lose the beauty they’re known for.

Rather than spend exorbitant amounts of money on private jet trips, especially those that last only 12 minutes, there are far more sustainable ways to travel.

Regardless of your social status or how much money you make, you can prioritize low-impact travel options. You can also choose clean-energy-powered electric vehicles over pollution-heavy gas-powered ones and support eco-friendly travel destinations for vacations.

Like the OP in this Reddit post, you can also use social media to make other people aware of celebrities’ lifestyles and their impacts.

For one person, though, the irritation with this sort of behavior in comparison to the actions of climate-conscious individuals was clear.

“Still can’t offset it with my solar production for a month,” someone else added.

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