The Church of England is pressuring parishes to install solar panels and heat pumps because it has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030. Meaningless nonsense, I know, but it would be good to see the figurehead of the Church of England leading the meaningless nonsense by example.

To the contrary, not content with polluting the spiritual atmosphere with his theological flatulence, he is busy pumping carbon dioxide – one of the few remaining sins left in the CofE – into the physical atmosphere.

In the last 10 months he has flown 48,000 miles. Most parishioners would probably be indifferent to these clerical peregrinations if it were not such a stark illustration of the some animals are more equal than others principle.

He used to be an oil industry executive; it’s difficult to kick old habits.

From here:

Justin Welby has been dubbed the ‘Archbishop of Airmiles’ and accused of hypocrisy for flying around the world while pressuring congregations to achieve net zero.

The Archbishop of Canterbury will be travelling to Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama and Costa Rica later this month having only just returned from Zanzibar.

Church of England officials and parishioners said their leader had almost become a ‘member of the Foreign Office’, jetting to global hot spots and summits while seemingly ignoring problems at home.

Analysis by the Daily Mail found that by next month Dr Welby will have travelled at least 48,000 miles on ten trips since last September on a worldwide tour.

The flights alone would have added at least 15 tons of carbon dioxide emissions to his carbon footprint.