You Could Not Make It Up: Sir Richard Branson: the airline owner on his new war by Rowena Mason, The Telegraph

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“Carbon is the enemy,” says Sir Richard Branson. “Let’s attack it in any possible way we can, or many people will die just like in any war.”

With a certain sense of irony, the billionaire part-owner of five airlines has just jetted into Copenhagen, battleground of the international climate change talks, to warn fellow business leaders, politicians and campaigners about this apocalyptic scenario.

Sir Richard, who is due to give a speech at an event on saving the rainforests, has no sooner sat down than launched into a diatribe against carbon dioxide, of which his Virgin Atlantic airline emits 4.8m tonnes per year.

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