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Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime (www.oxfam.org)

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“The super-rich are treating our planet like their personal playground, setting it ablaze for pleasure and profit. Their dirty investments and luxury toys —private jets and yachts— aren’t just symbols of excess; they’re a direct threat to people and the planet,” said Oxfam International Executive Director Amitabh Behar.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

There are so many better climate change comparisons than this yet I keep hearing this stupid one repeated over and over. Ultimately it doesn't matter than billionaires personally emite more carbon than "the average person" because even if they dropped that stat to match the average there would be absolutely no difference.

Target the biggest carbon emitters which is businesses. Every time carbon emissions is brought up it should be in the context of making businesses emit less carbon. Make them pay for emitting carbon, give tax credits for green technology that stuff will be infinetly more effective that targeting specific people.

I don't care that Taylor swift took a jet to her concert its not her issue to fix. Its the responsibility of the government to solve this through strong environmental policy. Government policy changing incentives will flow down to the individual and adjust their behaviour instead of a mob trying to shame individuals into changing their behaviour.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Billionaires usually are business leaders.

Musk and Bezos etc. There's a few exceptions like Swift but for the most part you're talking about the same people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I know they are the same people but it's still two different things. A persons carbon footprint is different to the business even if that person is the ceo

[–] JohnDClay 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Almost all of these emissions in the headline are from the businesses they own shares in. So this is saying business emissions, just in a non-intuitive roundabout way.