Why do Leonardo DiCaprio and Richard Branson lecture us about carbon consumption while plotting trips to space?
If all goes according to plan, Hollywood icon Leonardo DiCaprio will blast into space aboard the maiden voyage of
Richard Branson's
Virgin Galactic spaceship sometime this year, opening up a new
era of civilian space travel. This development might only be remarkable
as the fulfillment of a dream long predicted by futurists and
technophiles, were it not for the fact that Messrs. Branson and DiCaprio
are prominent environmentalist celebrities who have warned of a coming
ecological catastrophe if we fail to address our carbon problem.
Mr.
Branson's commitment to fighting climate change is praiseworthy: Over
the years, he has consistently advocated for a broad mix of clean energy
sources, including nuclear. He is founder and chief benefactor of the
Carbon War Room, an outfit that has long advocated for carbon pricing
and energy efficiency measures to help alleviate global warming. Mr.
DiCaprio is on the board of trustees of the Natural Resources Defense
Council and has decried overconsumption. "We are the number one leading
consumers, the biggest producers of waste around the world," the actor
said in 2008.
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