Some people appear to think Global Warming is someone else's problem

A flying palace? Airbus are selling a modification of their giant A380 Superjumbo as a $310m Airbus "Flying Palace".

Despite my earlier suspicions that this might be Prince Bandar deciding to update his private jet, this is the richer prince Alwaleed bin Talal doing the spending, apparently to replace his custom-made Boeing 747-400.

This would take a lot of carbon offsetting

Airbus have just sold one of their gigantic A380s.

Things haven't got quite so bad that that is news in itself - what makes this remarkable is that it has been bought as a private jet.

The BBC story quotes Airbus:

Airbus said the individual, "not from Europe or the US", would use the plane for "personal use for him and his entourage",

Which is a longwinded way of saying "we sold it to a Middle Eastern prince"

Prince Bandar's private plane will be ten years old next year. Coincidence?