Musk’s private jet emits more greenhouse gases in a month than a US family does in a year

Weekly cumulative emissions from flights taken by Elon’s private jet in, Oct 2022 to 29 Oct 2023

Flights within the Americas

Europe/America

Other

2,500 emissions MTCO2e

metric tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent

2,000

1,500

1,000

Average annual

emissions for a

US household

48 MTCO2e

500

0

Oct

2022

Dec

Feb

2023

Apr

Jun

Aug

Oct

Flights within the Americas

Europe/America

Other

2,500 emissions MTCO2e metric tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent

2,000

1,500

1,000

Average annual

emissions for a

US household

48 MTCO2e

500

0

Oct 2022

Dec

Feb 2023

Apr

Jun

Aug

Oct

Guardian graphic. Source: Emissions calculation from Conklin & de Decker, Flight data from ADSBExchange via Jack Sweeney