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Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims (gizmodo.com)

submitted 10 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Elon Musk purchased shares of Twitter after unsuccessfully petitioning the CEO to remove a Twitter account tracking his private jet.
Musk's personal gripes played a key role in his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.
Musk banned the account after promising not to, highlighting his prioritization of getting his way over free speech.

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[–] AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de 19 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Planes are already pretty fuel efficient per passenger. And larger planes are unlikely, because this would mean all runways they want to use must be extended so the can start and land there.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Commercial planes with high occupancy got somewhat efficient (until you compare to other modes of transportation), but private jets with 1 ego on board are incredibly fuel inefficient.

[–] anlumo@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It’s a very big ego though, so of course it needs a lot of fuel.

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

how much fuel would it take to burn the ego to the ground?

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Carbon emissions per km:-

Domestic flight: 240 g
Eurostar (train): 4 g

Source: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-footprint-travel-mode

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's domestic flights in the UK which are stupidly short. Short and long haul flights are at 150g which is already less than ICE cars at ~170 and not far above the average bus at 100g. Though obviously no where near electrified rail.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 months ago

Planes are already pretty fuel efficient per passenger

Eh.... They're similar to cars for a similar distance. But, that still means gobs of CO2 emitted if you're traveling from NY to LA, which would be a massive trip in a car.