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[Edmund55]

[(Taylor) Swift’s total private jet flight emissions for the year total 8,240 metric tons, or 1,185 times more than the average person’s total annual emissions, according to the report.]

Wow, 1.185 times the average person.......and that's just her jet.

Kerry is at 325 metric tons.....and of course that's just his private jet(s).

Dang hypocrats.  

[rickgthf]

What's your source for this information?

By the way, "bigger polluter", the last I checked, 8240 is 25 times larger than 325?

[Canuck_2]

Use the word tonnes

6 digits instead of the two words you used that required 11

Just a suggestion to make life easier

[Edmund55]

(What's your source for this information?)

A simple web search will bring your choice of sources.

(By the way, "bigger polluter", the last I checked, 8240 is 25 times larger than 325?)

Thanks ricki, corrected.

[rickgthf]

According to the article, Taylor's jet logged 22,900 minutes in the air or 382 hrs.  It's not clear which jet they are referring to, she has owned two but if it is the Dassault Falcon 900, it burns 267 gals per hour at cruising speed or roughly  102,000 gallons total

  Typically, each gallon of jet fuel burned generates 21.5 lbs per gallon or 2,192,000 lbs or 995 tonnes, not the 8240 tonnes they mention. 1000 tonnes is a lot but not the 8240 tonnes they mention.

[rickgthf]

Not if you don't want to cause a plane crash or drive your truck overweight.  Most people in the US won't know the difference between "tons" & "tonnes", Ed & the other nincompoops for sure.  If you mean 1000 kilograms or 2200 lbs, you better say, "metric tons, otherwise, they won't know what you mean.

[Canuck_2]

A tonne by definition is 1000 kgs.

Look in any dictionary that I know of, even US dictionary 

2200 lbs is not a tonne or even a 'metric ton'

Using the word ton which can refer to several different measurements makes life complicated when tonne is available and means only one thing, 1,000 kgs. No confusion.

Why make a simple thing complicated?