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Taylor Swift is juggling world concerts, an upcoming album, winning her 14th Grammy award, and now, a college student in Florida who is obsessed with her private jet.

And so he should be since that plane single-handedly helped Taylor become the top carbon dioxide polluter in 2022, emitting almost 8,300 tons alone. That’s a chilling (warming?) 1,100 times more than the average person’s annual emissions, as stated by the digital sustainability consultancy Yard, Bloomberg reported. Gross.

Sweeney might sound familiar – he is indeed the jet-tracking student who previously clashed with Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, and the Kardashians over their jet antics.

Swift is his latest target, and the 21-year-old is drawing significant attention from his followers as she is constantly on the move due to her Eras Tour, notes Luxury Launches.

Just like Musk, Swift is not taking this situation lightly and has threatened legal action against the University of Central Florida student for tracking her jet usage on social media.

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Not sure if Jack in a jet sends a clear message, but okay:

Image: Jack Sweeney

Worth $1.1 billion, Swift, is set to perform four shows in Tokyo this week, followed by several in Singapore, among other locations. Her travel isn’t solely for work; her personal life also contributes, such as her expected visit to Las Vegas to support her boyfriend, Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce, in the Super Bowl.

After travelling 31,000 kilometres on her Dassault Falcon 900LX jet, Swift will have added 100 tons of carbon dioxide to her footprint, as reported by the Associated Press.

 

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Her legal team is adamant to clear the air (haha):

A lawyer from Venable LLP, in a December 22 letter to Sweeney, stated, “You have engaged in stalking and harassing behavior by consistently publishing real-time and precise information about our client’s location. This might seem like a game to you, hoping it will bring wealth or fame, but it’s a serious safety concern for our client.”

Swift’s team has prepared a defense, stating, “Prior to the tour, Taylor purchased more than double the carbon credits needed to offset all her travel.”

In December 2023, Swift’s relationship with Travis made headlines not for romance but for generating 138 tons of CO2 in three months. To offset these trips, she would need to plant over 2,200 trees. Her song ‘Look What You Made Me Do’ is a perfect tribute to her boyfriend in this sense.

Sweeney merely views the legal threats as intimidation, following the backlash Swift faced over her jet’s environmental impact, while some of Swift’s fans think the legal threats are excessive given the public nature of her activities.

Someone even said it was “cruel” as this is public knowledge that she is upset over, while another noted that “Elon already got so much shit for picking a fight with this kid, she should really not expect this to go super well PR-wise.”

[source:luxurylaunches]