Jan 28, 2023
While tech billionaire Bill Gates is on his high horse preaching to the masses about the dangers of climate change, he is flying around on a $70 million private jet that guzzles fossil fuels. The Gulfstream jet was recently spotted on the tarmac at an airport in Sydney, where he visited the official residence of the Australian Prime Minister after flying in from a vacation on Lizard Island in Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. The jet burns 1700 liters of fuel each hour as he zips around the world strumming up business for his firm, Breakthrough Energy, whose stated aim is driving innovation and sustainable energy and technology in order to decrease greenhouse gas emissions. Gates, who is currently the fourth-richest person in the world, addressed guests at the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney, emphasizing the importance of reducing greenhouse gases and saying: "The reason why climate change is worth investing in massively is because it will get worse and wors