How do private jets emit more greenhouse gas than commercial jets?

Question

I still can’t wrap my head around the physics. Commercial jets weigh more than private jets and carry much more people (which also contributes to the extra weight)

Doesn’t that mean the plane would have to do extra work to move around, and thus consume more fuel as an energy source?

Shouldn’t that make them emit more gases as end products of combustion?

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Answer 1

It’s a per passenger ratio… a private jet might emit 20% of the emissions that a commercial plane does, but carries 2% (say 4 vs. 200) of the passengers a commercial flight does.