[JimRed]

...his airline empire has emitted more than 7.1 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere over the years.

Or, to put it in context, about thirty seconds worth of volcanic activity, spread over all those years. Ho hum.

Mouthing green slogans for political reasons is not uncommon these days!

[BwanaNdege]

To really put this in context, the various branches of Branson’s Virgin Airlines probably create about a million tons of CO2 per year.

The State of California’s fleet of 73,000 vehicles (ground vehicles only, I believe) in 2003 burned 46 million gallons of gasoline and 9 million gallons of Diesel fuels, producing just under half a million tons of CO2 per year. This does not include Pelosi’s US Air Force commuter flights. (since stopped)

I’d bet that Branson’s fleet produced LESS CO2 per Passenger-Mile than did California’s fleet. Today’s airliners give between 50 and 78 passenger-miles per gallon of fuel.

Branson may or may not be a hypocrite, for various & sundry reasons. However, the fact that his business produces about a million tons of CO2 (plant food) per year in producing nearly 10 billion passenger miles does not make him that hypocrite.

[rktman]

Ha Ha! Jokes on you cause algore (or one of the climate change nazis) said volcanoes are insignificant and people do more damage. And the lsm gobbles (or is it goebbels) it up.