Jack Dini ——Bio and Archives--December 3, 2025

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Politicians, celebrities and billionaires who lecture about carbon footprints operate by a separate set of rules. Living in ostentatious opulence, they exude spectacular hypocrisy that is rarely challenged by media outlets amplifying their climate warnings. (1)

Even scientists fly thousands of miles to United nations climate conferences, adding to emissions of greenhouse gases they claim are destroying the earth. This is a two-tiered climate morality where those with power indulge in luxuries while ordinary folks are asked to sacrifice living standards. Preaching austerity from a private jet has become the let-them-est-cake of our age.

For perspective, compare this with CO2 emissions from countries like Bangladesh (0.71 tons per capita), Ghana (0.74 tons), Ethiopia (0.14 tons) and Kenya (0.38 tons). A single year of indulgence by an American icon outweighs the lifetime footprint of entire villages in developing nations. (1)

Consider filmmaker Steven Spielberg, who chastised those he labels ‘climate deniers,’ suggesting a moral failing on the part of anyone who questions the legitimacy of climate alarm. “Everybody has to be held responsible for their role in climate change,” he declared, seemingly oblivious to a personal lifestyle that creates a carbon footprint equivalent to nearly 280........

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