Why Prince Charles Surprisingly Promotes ‘Highly-Polluting’ Activity Despite Climate Change, Environmental Advocacies

Prince Charles has been promoting a highly-polluting activity despite his growing passion for climate change and other environmental issues.

The heir to the throne also happens to be the patron of the British Parachute Association, which offers parachuting and skydiving activities. Both sports are considered to be highly-polluting because they tend to release tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere yearly.

According to My Skydiving Calculator, 100 jumps from a super van equals 893 kilograms of carbon dioxide. Additionally, 100 jumps from a Beech 99 releases 1260 kilograms of carbon dioxide.

“Skydiving is a very entertaining but also highly polluting activity. The most efficient way to reduce your skydiving footprint would be to skydive less,” the website claimed.

By the looks of it, Prince Charles enjoys parachuting and skydiving for the simple reason that it is highly entertaining. In 1971, a video of the future King getting some instructions before his parachute jump was released.

In the clip, the dad of two is wearing his gear before he boards a plane. The narrator reveals that the parachute jump wasn’t compulsory but Prince Charles insisted that he wanted to try it.

After jumping off of the plane, Prince Charles lands in the water. He told the people around him that a parachute jump is a thrilling activity but landing in the water was something unexpected.

Meanwhile, Prince Charles isn’t the only member of the royal family who is a thrill-seeker. Prince Harry also inherited the same trait from his dad. It was revealed that the Duke of Sussex enjoyed skydiving.

A Red Devils’ spokesman previously confirmed that Prince Harry joined the British Army’s Red Devils display team years ago, and he completed the same basic training as everyone else.

The spokesman also said that Meghan Markle’s husband mastered the two key elements when it comes to skydiving: freefall handling and managing the canopy.