I suppose it could be worse. The Lambo-pampering billionaire could have had a blanket made of puppies and kittens manufactured to surround his car in protective softness for its trip. While being serviced, he could have had the leather seats treated with oil squeezed from freshly crushed orphan children. And when he drives the car around, he could have starving africans thrown under the wheels to protect the rubber from the harsh asphalt.

Actually, I’m beginning to like this mythical car pampering evil psychopath billionaire I’ve invented. He’s truly a Bondian villain 🙂

Back to the “super powers/great responsibility” thing. I don’t consider billionaires “responsible” for much of anything, other than some level of thoughtful behavior. No super-heroics, just avoiding the extreme shows of outrageous over-consumption.

And it is possible that I’m misreading the whole situation. Maybe the billionaire called together his team of crack science and resource experts, and had them study how much pollution would be produced bringing the service people and setting them up permanently in his back yard, so to speak, versus flying his car to England. And perhaps it actually comes out better for the environment to fly the car to the service guys. Or perhaps this guy is incredibly generous, a benefactor of a great many environmentally sound and forward-thinking causes… and this was his one “stupid” moment, which we are all entitled to.

The cynical side of me, though, imagines something more akin to the Bondian ideal I fantasized about above 🙂