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Fortune
Chloe Berger

Elon Musk's private jet use releases 2,000 tons of carbon emissions

Photo of Elon Musk (Credit: SUZANNE CORDEIRO / Contributor—Getty Images)

Elon Musk dreams of colonizing Mars, but here on Earth he’s settled for frequent flier of the sky. The Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX CEO, and world’s second-richest man, also holds the title of most active private jet user in the U.S., according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies and the Patriotic Millionaires. Musk has tried to keep details regarding private jet use private, famously suspending an account from college student Jack Sweeney, and this report establishes just how much Musk flies privately—it’s a lot.

The report from the left-leaning IPS and the Patriotic Millionaires, who regularly urge the government to raises taxes on them, looked at Wealth-X data regarding the relative net worths of jet owners, as well as Federal Aviation Administration user data, along with public information regarding figures like Musk.

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