Space tourism: Katy Perry dropped as much CO2 in 11 minutes as she should have emitted in eight years

Once space and back – American pop singer Katy Perry has fulfilled a dream with the help of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. This is not only applauded. Green politician Ricarda Lang, for example, points to the immense emissions of the ten-minute excursion.

By flying aboard the Blue Origin rocket, the singer has contributed to generating at least 15 tons of CO2 on her own. An insanity at a time when humanity must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

However, Ricarda Lang's criticism of Katy Perry doesn't get to understand X everywhere.The space flight of US pop star Katy Perry provides a lot of talk material – and not just positive reactions. The former head of the Greens, Ricarda Lang, sharply criticized the action – and accused Perry of an unnecessarily high CO2 consumption. "Katy Perry yesterday caused more CO2 emissions in 10 minutes by a private trip to space than an average...

The IPCC reports have been warning for decades about "global warming", where we are all going to die... stressing the urgency of reducing greenhouse gas emissions – CO2 – to limit catastrophic impacts – fires and other gigafires, heat waves, droughts, floods, etc. The targets, such as limiting warming to 1.5°C, involve massive collective efforts, and each sector, each individual counts as well as thousands of billions of euros of investment with…

The singer Katy Perry was about 10 minutes in space as part of a mission operated by the Blue Origin company. The short event brought us a lot of memes, jokes, reactions and above all, a question: how much does her adventure pollute? Jeff Bezos celebrates her return to Earth in 2021 // Photo: Blue Origin On the one hand, it is understandable the advance or scope of private trips off Earth. On the other hand, is it really worth it? How much does …

Ricarda Lang sharply criticizes the all-flight of Katy Perry and Co. – as climate-damaging and meaningless. However, with her CO2 bill she is wrong. Now her statement provides for fierce discussions on the net.