Extinction Rebellion

Why is it more polluting?

Well, it's not hugely surprising that, having flown in, she's flying out again (and quite openly, too).

Obviously, I think she should have saved herself the trip and instead put out a supportive statement. but singling out individuals isn't going to help here, even if it's a celebrity. While the constant ability of celebrities to fly all over the shop and appear wherever product is to be promoted or concerts to be held at the drop of a hat is most definitely a main cause of why non-celebrities find how they perceive this kind of lifestyle very appealing and aspire to it, the real problem is seated still deeper and lies in the attitude that as we're modern people, we have to fly because we have all those great machines and these highly-trained people to fly them, yada yada.

Sure, Emma Thompson should practise what she preaches, but there are very few celebrities who've put their heads above the parapet on this, hardly any, in fact (someone's going to be along in a moment with a long list of supportive celebrities, I'm sure), and effectively accusing her of hypocrisy (I don't think she was being hypocritical, as she was open about it, just short-sighted and inconsistent) is merely the exception that affirms the rule, that most celebrities wouldn't support this cause (yet) and if they do, they'll be hypocrites, hence the status quo is resoundingly re-established.

I also don't think that flying economy class (difficult for someone famous, anyway) makes a huge great difference to flying first class. Flying is the problem, full stop, and making distinctions in that is a distraction.