"The report finds that it would take about 1,500 years for someone in the bottom 99% to produce as much carbon as the richest billionaires do in a year." www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Polluter elite’ are plundering the planet to point of destruction, says Oxfam after comprehensive study of climate inequality
Stop filling their jets and yachts.
Yeah. We know. We don't have yachts. Jets. Gas sucking Ferraris and lambos. Multiple Mansions to heat or cool. Who TF do they think they are to tell us anything.
They made assumptions in their model to confirm their hypothesis. Shoddy work.
Time to make these things illegal.
Save the environment: eat the rich?
I think its important to note that the study specifically said that being in the top 1% in the US was having an income over $140k. So yes, billionaires are a big problem, but so are the habits of the upper-middle/lower-upper class like post-grad professionals.
"richest 1% doesn't give a singular fuck about emissions or footprints unless they can commoditize it."
The efforts to individualize carbon responsibility is so fucking insidious. YOU are the problem, average person, and not only should you feel guilty, we're also going to sell you something that makes you feel better (electric cars, green anything) but doesn't actually solve any of the problems.
These reports always make me think about the extreme measures described in Ministry for the Future to scare the 1% out of their private jets.
The Rich. Tax or eat?