34 ms·
Bill Gates’ Private Jet Collection
- rmason 5y agoWhat surprised me the most was that Gate's two Gulfstream's are hidden from public radar tracking sites. I wasn't aware that was even possible except for high level government types.
- nabla9 5y agoIt's possible to do it by just sending a request to FAA or tracking site. The list of jets that are not publicly tracked is public information. Lots of televangelists. https://jetstreamlaw.com/how-to-block-your-aircraft-tail-number-from-public-tracking/ https://jetstreamlaw.com/how-to-block-your-aircraft-tail-num...
- rmason 5y agoAlways learn something on HN. I suppose you have to state a security concern. If you're at all a public figure that wouldn't be hard to do.
- nabla9 5y agoI don't by hypocrisy argument because I don't believe that personal virtue is particularly effective or enough. You need smart regulation to change behavior. Enact significant carbon taxation with carbon tariff (to prevent carbon export) and direct the income from taxation to poor people so that the effect for the poor is net-negative (it still changes their habits). Then Bill Gates can fly all he wants and CO2 emissions go down.