‘Elitist Hypocrites’ Gates & Bezos Slammed After Reports Of Super Yacht Party Ahead Of Climate Summit
Billionaires Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos have been slammed as ‘elitist hypocrites’ for lecturing the world on the need to combat climate change while partying on superyachts off the coast of Turkey ahead of the COP26 summit.
Both Bezos and Gates are reportedly staying on superyachts, each of which emits 7,020 tons of carbon dioxide per year or 19 tons per day.
But to add insult to injury microsoft founder and eco warrior Bill Gates flew Bezos and fifty other guests in helicopters from his $2 Million-a-week yacht to a Turkish beach resort, to celebrate his 66th birthday
RT reports: The American tycoons apparently prepared for the UN Climate Change Conference (which kicked off in Glasgow, Scotland on the weekend) aboard luxurious superyachts in the Aegean Sea. According to the British media, the weekly rental price of Gate’s vessel is $2 million.
On Friday, the world’s second richest man, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, was reportedly among the 50 guests at the Microsoft cofounder’s lavish 66th birthday party in the Turkish resort town of Fethiye. Both billionaires got there by helicopter, which – like superyachts – aren’t the cleanest means of transportation in terms of CO2 emissions.
The two tycoons, who have been sounding the alarm over climate change and calling on others to curb their needs to help tackle the problem, were later flown to Glasgow on private jets.
The behavior of Gates and Bezos did not go over well with people on Twitter, who said they expect bold statements to be followed with action.
“Guess the rules [don’t] apply to them?” one person said, while others called the billionaires “elitist hypocrites” and “a joke.”
"Jeff Bezos parties with Bill Gates as he celebrates his 66th birthday with friends on a $2million-a-week private yacht before helicoptering them all to an exclusive resort in Turkey"
— Rose Y 🌹❤🌹 (@roseyYaz) October 31, 2021
Guess the rules doesn't apply to them?#ClimateEmergency #climate #ClimateCrisis
Elitists hypocrites. Zipping around in gas guzzling limousines and traipsing through the skies in massive jets, while lecturing the rest of us about climate change and saving the planet. What a JOKE!
— AMABLACKPATRIOT (@DrShayPhD) October 29, 2021
Bill Gates held a 4 hour Birthday party in Turkey, 50 people were flown in private helicopters from their yachts off anchored offshore...
— JoJoGizmo (@Lostboyjojo) October 31, 2021
These are the people who want you to take the bus to work and make other sacrifices for climate change.
Gates closed Sea Me Beach in Turkey and met with Bezos, who was also vacationing in theAegean. Bezos, first flew on the 107meter yacht "Lana", which was rented by Bill Gates for 1 million 800 thousand euros a week. OMG and tell us about pandemics and global crisis !!!!!!!!!!
— Valia Traka (@TrakaValia) October 30, 2021
Source: News Punch
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