The ongoing saga of being Siouxsie Wiles (she/her*), woke champion of the NZ hobbits

Do as I say, not as I do.

One of the worst things that you can do in 2021 is to fly. The amount of emissions that you're responsible for on a 6 hour flight is very likely more than the rest of your emissions for a year, and that includes everything and is based on the Western World where at about 30 tonnes per person you're already responsible for 30x more emissions than the average peasant in India, Africa or large parts of Asia. I won't even get on to the ultra-privileged faction, the billionaires of the world, who are likely responsible for thousands, if not tens of thousands, of tonnes of CO2 per year per person. But the upper middle class are far higher than 30 tonnes per person as well, mostly because they hop on a plane several times a year**.

What can the world afford? Realistically a maximum of two tonnes per person, if that.

So taking a plane down towards Antarctica for 3 hours (with a 3 hour return flight unfortunately) just to maybe see the Aurora is climate vandalism that realistically should have a…