Taylor Swift ranks worst in celeb carbon emissions due to private plane use. The Internet has jokes. | Mashable.

Taylor Swift can't stop emitting CO2 with her private plane. The Internet can't stop cracking jokes.

Swift's private jet flew 170 times out of the first 200 days this year.

Taylor Swift likes to fly. A lot.  Credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic

In the song "Last Kiss" off of her 2010 album Speak Now, Taylor Swift sings "I ran off the plane, that July 9th." Nowadays, Swift likely finds herself running off the plane every other day of the year as well.

A recent study by the sustainability marketing agency Yard looked into the usage of private planes by celebrities in order to track carbon emissions and find out the worst celeb contributors to climate change. 

At the top of the list when it comes to CO2 emissions from their private jets: music superstar Taylor Swift.

According to Yard, Swift's plane took to the skies 170 times in the first 200 days of 2022, emitting 8,293.54 metric tons of carbon dioxide. That's 22,923 minutes, almost 16 total days, of airtime. The CO2 released into the atmosphere courtesy of Taylor Swift's private plane during these past 7 months is the equivalent to what 1,184 average people would emit in a year. The data came from the Twitter account, @CelebJets, which tracks celebrities' jets.

In response to this information, which is now going viral online, Swift's representatives say Swift isn't responsible for all the flights.

​​"Taylor's jet is loaned out regularly to other individuals," said the pop star's spokesperson in a statement. "To attribute most or all of these trips to her is blatantly incorrect."

Still, it is Taylor Swift's private plane! The fact that the list wasn't topped by someone like Kylie Jenner with her 12-minute flights or her sister Kim Kardashian seems to have surprised social media users a bit. But, the Internet still delivered with some jokes. (And to be fair, it seems like it's all just a variation of the same joke over and over again. But, damn, they're all still pretty funny.)

Eve 6, the alternative rock band most well-known for their 90s hits "Inside Out" and "Here's to the Night," got a little creative and decided to crack a joke about the statement from Swift's team.

And one Taylor Swift fan decided to make a compilation of times that the artist mentions flying, airplanes, or any sort of travel in the lyrics of her songs.

Some Swift stans are even jokingly playing damage control for Swift by posting photoshopped messages claiming the singer is donating to their (fake) environmental charity. It also might not be a joke, "Stan Twitter" can be quite unhinged at the best of times.

As for the rest of the list, boxer Floyd Mayweather comes in at number two. He's followed by Jay-Z, Alex Rodriguez, and Blake Shelton. After the top 5, Steven Spielberg, Kim Kardashian, Mark Wahlberg, Oprah, and Travis Scott make up the rest of the list.

While these rich and famous celebs certainly deserve your scorn for their contributions to climate change, don't forget that roughly 100 companies are responsible for the most significant portion of greenhouse gas emissions.

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  1. Let's 'climate change ' charge her...monetarily, that is.

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  2. We…. Are never ever ever.. getting back to Zero Emissions.

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  3. When are people gonna realise that CO2 ain't the problem! Would we be in this position if all the forests of the world were being decimated and the oceans emptied of life?

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  4. Why don’t you check and see how many flights John Kerry flew on all over the world in the name of global warming! If he’s so concerned about global warming why doesn’t he make a phone call or do FaceTime !

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    1. My brother thinks climate change isn't happening since he doesn't like Al Gore.

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    2. Andrew Hamilton al Gore finished at the bottom of his class ! & he’s a fake.

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  5. Oh good grief. How many thousands of flights a day are there in the US. I doubt Taylor Swift's private jet is really a problem.

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    1. plenty; but Taylor is only flying herself, 16 pieces of
      luggage, and whatever man she’s used her narcissistic wiles to enchant for the month on her flights.

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    2. yeah whatever. This country has way bigger emission problems than her jet.

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    3. Taylor Swift's jet is PART of the problem. Not any particular plane IS the problem.

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  6. All of you crying about nothing 🤣 hello there's plan flight's every single morning mid day and night so why complain about this none sense.

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  7. Zero emissions will be when humans will no longer be here

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  8. I'm going to 100% shame her, and anyone with a private plane. Commercial airliners are a lot more carbon efficient. The 747 has better carbon efficiency than a Ford Fiesta, and an Airbus A350 uses 20% less fuel than the nearest competitor. Nobody should have a private jet, it's just the height of selfishness.

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  9. I get the hype behind it. But if we actually look at the nature of things we do not have enough co2. Primarily used in the Calvin cycle which is not in presence of sunlight

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  10. Yeh I don't think our biannual holiday is the problem do you....

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  11. For those looking for clarification: Most gas passed during flatulence goes unnoticed because there isn't a smell. It may contain odorless gases, such as nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, ***carbon dioxide*** and methane, but a small portion includes hydrogen sulfide, which causes it smell like rotten eggs.

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    1. you haven't smelled one of my sophisticated deli farts...🤣🤣

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  12. I can't imagine a least deserving individual.

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  13. How about you talk about Kylie Jenner instead? Took a freaking 3 minute trip on her private jet

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    1. one of them includes kylie and kim

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    2. cry that River! Kobe flew everywhere himself! Quit trying to bash them!

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  14. Leave the girl alone. How many millions of people fly everyday?

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  15. Top politicians, ceos, etc fly a lot. Electric vehicles wouldn’t do.

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  16. Time to buy a EV plane, folks!!!!

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  17. Yeah. Why don’t you going Taylor swift. Like gremlins.

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  18. I worry about 4.00 a gallon in my truck. This is rediculas

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  19. So the f. What. Get a life! 😂

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  20. She joined WILL A WONG

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  21. wow how much money she spent for the fuel only i wonder

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  22. Wow! Must be nice! Crazy!

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  23. Are all those flights after she broke up with someone?

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  24. oh mashable you are so amazing

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  25. She’s much too important 🤣🤣🤣

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  26. We now know co2 is the elephant in the atmosphere. So what are we going to do about it?

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  27. The Jet is used daily, but not usually by her. Nice headline Mashable. Do better.

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  28. https://giphy.com/gifs/climate-crisis-greta-thunberg-un-action-summit-Qa4abAMDoyUtuICjLZ

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  29. And the climate czar John Kerry who only flies his private jet? The hypocrisy of left leaning liberals 😂

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  30. Thats a cocain she's gotta move within that little amount of time .

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  31. So she’s helping to kill us all yet still loved?

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  32. You don’t understand…..she’s royalty!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

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  33. Selfishness : Taylor's Version.

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  34. I like her C02…

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  35. Oh but climate is wreaking havoc on the planet

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  36. How else will she show the world how tone deaf and talentless she is?

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  37. Why the Duck does this matter you little woke babies. WW2 10’s of thousands planes where in the air dropping thousands of bombs. Last time I checked we were still breathing.

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  38. As she is the only one

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  39. Oh that is bad for the environment. So she can't go bad mouthing others about the climate change when she is causing the problem of it . Just like John Kerry that Biden has assigned him to a U.S. special presidential envoy for climate and so John Kerry too flies around on jets emmiting CO2 so is President Biden flying around in jets with CO2 so they are being a hypocrite flying around on jets while talking about climate change sheesh

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  40. So nearly everyday.!!
    What a polluting Pig.!!
    I only use my Car twice a week, and even less now with the Fuel prices, lucky for Her, she don't care about the Planet eh?!

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  41. Lmaooo if I had money like she does I’d fly myself everywhere too. On my own quiet, private jet. That has no crying babies and no sitting next to icky people. Because seriously, screw sitting in traffic.

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  42. She also rents both of them out. A jet on the ground only cost money one that flys either makes or saves time and money. So unless they have the flight logs of who was on it could just as likely been someone else.

    Our corporate jet is flying all the time and it’s not always someone from the corporation.

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  43. But nobody’s worried Fake Global warming or about Phony people like John Kerry & All Gore who has flown around the world countless times in the name of global warming when the could just do a FaceTime call ! Lol

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  44. Never liked her anyway. Glad she wasn't the spokesperson for climate change awareness.

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  45. So you buy one and rent it out. Its still emitting co2 whether you are in it or someone else. These people are dumb. I don't give a crap about co2 doesn't affect me. I'll be dead before it does anything to me.im going to enjoy my life. The younger people can figure it out just like we had to figure out things! We built all this carp for you now its your turn to take care of it

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    1. Exactly. She wants to escape responsibility, but it’s her dang plane.

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  46. I read a bit wrong there,...... can't stop emitting CO2 with her private "parts" .... 😁

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  47. And here I am being given paper straws at restaurants

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  48. We don’t care that other billionaires do it but let it be a rich female and it has to become a news story. What a joke. Who fing cares? I’ll care when everyone else is held to the same standard.

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  49. nonsense. billionaires normally travel by their private planes

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  50. She said she rents the jet out. Not hard to research and find that statement.

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    1. You totally missed the point.

      https://giphy.com/gifs/transparent-V6hu7KlTY3PtC

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    2. Doesn't matter, it's still her jet whether she is on it or not. She also earns money when she rents her jet. Moreover, more than half of flights(60-70) were still taken by her this year, and she didn't toured or performed anywhere this year.

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  51. Not funny. No one should be doing this.

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  52. I wanna go fly with her, leave everyone on the ground..!

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  53. Most of these co2 s as activist are water melons. Green on the outside red on the inside. Or do what I say not as I do.

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    1. you mean blue democrats on the inside. Republicans aren’t really into that. The ones that are , are just in it to keep their jobs. Lol

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  54. Nice she owns a private jet

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  55. She consumes O2 by factor 100x compared to normal citizens.

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    1. actually exceeds a factor of 1000x. 🤷🏻‍♂️

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  56. Haters gonna hate hate hate hate hate 🎶

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  57. Do as I say, not as I do.

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  58. She should sell the plane so her name isn’t attached to it and rent one

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  59. Why the heck is she flying so much ??
    Who does she think she is ???

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  60. Justin Trudeau either

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  61. I'm sure she is a hypocrite somewhere in there.

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  62. No wonder the pilots wear their oxygen masks.

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  63. Why you guys worried about her “co2” your lives are that pathetic that you gotta play “god” every issues flick off what’s next checking if she ate only green ? Moron

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  64. as opposed to all the other hypocrites?

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  65. Never understood why anyone would listen to anything this idiot had to say anyway

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  66. Evidently F.b. Keeps erasing google facts that I’ve been posting to keep you people dumb.

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  67. That would be stalking right ?

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  68. This is a really stupid post

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  69. The US military is the largest contributor to climate change globally. We are all agreeing to fund our own extinction in order to bomb civilians all over the world for no reason. Why don’t we look at that instead of playing this personal responsibility game.

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  70. Moet ze allemaal nog meer aanbidden verdiennen ze nog meer en kunnen ze jullie nog meer zever verkopen in de blaadjes

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  71. What about John Kerry, Biden's environmental global warming czar?! He is flying around in a big plane everywhere emitting greenhouse gasses, almost as much in gases as his big mouth spews.

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  72. Leave my Tay alone

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  73. And in china a riceback fell on ghe ground

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  74. EVERYBODY LOVES HER'

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  75. The sausage queen! Swift product is POISON! The ‘ music’ she makes is produced nonsense purchased! NARCISSIST FRAUD

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  76. Humans emit CO2, not planes…idiot trolls 🧌

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