Apparently Prince Charles took a 5-day tour on the Royal Train throughout Britain. He wanted to raise awareness about sustainability. The price tag for British taxpayers? About $80,000.
You can read about Charles’ opulent eco-tour, the luxury of the Royal Train, and the “cost-cutting measures” put in place by Charles during a time of economic austerity, recessions, and layoffs.
Predictably, Charles takes the most heat from the environmental organizations he wants to help. From the article:
Benny Peiser, Director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, dismissed the trip as “a clear case of double standards.”
“Prince Charles and other super-rich people are not aware of the discrepancy between what they preach and what they do,” he told the Daily Mail. “His lifestyle creates a carbon footprint which is 100 times that of any other person in the U.K.”
“If he is really concerned about the environment, he should stop using cars, planes or in this case trains, and practice what he preaches.”
I got a good laugh out of Peiser’s zinger, but then some uncomfortable realities started to settle on me.
You and I are super-rich too.
Don’t feel rich? Just go to the Global Rich List and type in your annual earnings. If you make more than $50,000 per year, you are among the top 1% richest people on the planet.
Go back to Peiser’s criticism of Charles. What if he was talking about Americans and global poverty, instead of Charles and the environment?
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