{"id":264500,"date":"2023-12-04T04:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T09:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=318109"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:29:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:29:34","slug":"when-your-yacht-is-so-big-it-doesnt-fit-in-the-ports-problems-of-the-environmentalist-jeff-bezos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/when-your-yacht-is-so-big-it-doesnt-fit-in-the-ports-problems-of-the-environmentalist-jeff-bezos\/","title":{"rendered":"When your yacht is so big that it doesn&#8217;t fit in ports: problems of &#8220;environmentalist&#8221; Jeff Bezos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/big-tech-talks-a-lot-about-sustainability-almost-none-approves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Many companies boast about being eco-friendly<\/a> or pursuing the goal of zero emissions by 2050. <strong>The thing is, that year is very distant for some<\/strong>. Or rather, for some individuals, because today we&#8217;re talking about a gentleman who leads a company, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/amazon-faces-the-biggest-trial-in-its-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">not his company<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Amazon Prime Video\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/c162012f-3d10-436b-a6b5-fde423154d8c\/1515453778\/amazon-prime-video-Amazon%20Prime%20Video_logo.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Amazon Prime Video<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon-prime-video.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/amazon-prime-video.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Surely you all know Jeff Bezos, the founder and CEO of Amazon for over 20 years<\/strong>. The man who was the world&#8217;s richest for some years (now third) has peculiar tastes: <a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/its-not-you-its-me-jeff-bezos-wants-to-break-his-relationship-with-sierra-space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">traveling to space<\/a>, owning a boat larger than a football stadium, building a clock that outlasts humanity\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When someone has a lot of money, they tend to do silly things, or at least that&#8217;s how it seems to us mere mortals who observe with a certain distance and embarrassment some whims and attitudes of billionaires. Today, we&#8217;re talking about his boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JeffBezos<\/a>  Koru sailing yacht has finally arrived in the US, and it\u2019s so enormous that it did not fit next to other superyachts at the Port of Everglades. The $500 million vessel was finally docked next to gigantic oil tankers at the South Florida.-<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i3BhZePtBq\">https:\/\/t.co\/i3BhZePtBq<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vpDmgp8saR\">pic.twitter.com\/vpDmgp8saR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Luxurylaunches (@luxurylaunches) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luxurylaunches\/status\/1729168206705861016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 27, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A boat so big it doesn&#8217;t fit in ports<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amazon&#8217;s founder, Jeff Bezos, owns an incredibly colossal superyacht, so huge that it has to dock next to some darn tankers in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/transport\/jeff-bezos-koru-yacht-docks-at-the-port-of-everglades.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Luxury Launches<\/a> yacht blog, Bezos&#8217;s super-schooner, named <strong>Koru after the Maori word meaning &#8220;coil,&#8221; measures an astounding 416 feet in length (126 meters)<\/strong>, which makes it 16 feet too long to dock in the largest yacht harbor in southern Florida, Port Everglades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead, it has been docked among 600-foot tankers (182 meters), because that&#8217;s perfectly normal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2021-05-07\/jeff-bezos-s-new-superyacht-heralds-roaring-market-for-big-boats?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">Reports suggest<\/a> <strong>that the Koru cost the billionaire $500 million and $137,000 a day to operate<\/strong>. But if you&#8217;re wealthy enough to buy The Washington Post, who&#8217;s to say you can&#8217;t purchase one of the most expensive yachts in the world and pay much more than the average American&#8217;s annual salary to ensure it runs every day?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JEFF BEZOS&#039; 127m sailing yacht KORU seen under SAIL for the first time | SuperYacht Times\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UHLink2jPLY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You go on public transportation, while Bezos travels on his boat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>With nearly twice the length of an Airbus A380<\/strong>, the Koru isn&#8217;t just a gigantic waste of money but also, as reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/11\/25\/news\/jeff-bezos-yacht-produces-7k-tons-of-carbon-emissions-per-year-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">New York Post<\/a> citing a new analysis from Indiana University, a significant polluter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Using publicly available data, Beatriz Barros, a doctoral candidate in anthropology at Indiana University, along with Richard Wilk, an anthropologist who has long sounded the alarm about the billionaire pollution problem, <strong>calculated that the Koru produces an outrageous 7,154 tons of greenhouse gases per year<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it&#8217;s not entirely shocking that the ultra-rich are super polluters, <strong>these figures contrast sharply with Bezos&#8217;s supposed commitment to turning back the clock on climate change<\/strong>, as evidenced by his pledge to spend $10 billion by the end of the decade to combat its worst effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeff Bezos $500 Million 417 ft. Yacht Koru Makes Maiden Voyage\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HB1E-vAJeaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2023\/nov\/20\/twelve-billionaires-climate-emissions-jeff-bezos-bill-gates-elon-musk-carbon-divide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">The Guardian<\/a> regarding the research, Wilk explained that luxury sailboats like the Koru are among the most atrocious ways in which billionaires contribute to pollution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The emissions from superyachts are way beyond anything else,&#8221; stated the Indiana anthropologist. &#8220;They have to have a crew and constant maintenance, even when they&#8217;re docked. Then there are the onboard helicopters, jet skis, energy-consuming luxury items like pools, Jacuzzis, private submarines, and tenders, all needing power, air conditioning, sophisticated electronic gadgets.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s like having a hotel running on the water all the time,&#8221; Wilk continued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the media breathlessly reports the debut of the Koru, the superyacht, too large to dock under normal circumstances, will continue emitting carbon into the atmosphere at a much higher rate than that of the average citizen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Koru produces a scandalous 7,154 tons of greenhouse gases per year. 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