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Luxury carbon consumption’ of top% threatens 1.5C global heating limit

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Class warfare title - uses the emotion of fear to stir anger against other people. Blaming them for whatever.

edit: also legitimizes the "carbon credit" narrative, that all people will have a carbon allowance that goes into our social credit score and stuff.

Social credit scoring to save the planet!!

It makes us accept that as the starting point of the discussion, and build our hate of the rich people upon it.

The 1% have been shoving fake equity down our throats since around 2010. It is poetic justice that people are finally making the intellectual leap to full class warfare.

Woke Googler berating people (and destroying their lives) on Twitter for non-conformance? Well, live on 30,000 per year and donate the rest to Black people!

> The carbon dioxide emissions of the richest 1% of humanity

That is everyone here - so before you get on your high horse about private jets and mega yachts, know that this is calling YOU a piece of shit that is destroying the planet for your fancy lifestyle no matter how vegan you are or how much you recycle or how green your Tesla is, just as much as it is calling Jeff one.

Apparently you need a net worth of $11.1 million or an income of $758,434 per year to be in the top 1%.

Source: https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1212/average-net...

Your source references https://dqydj.com/top-one-percent-united-states/ https://www.epi.org/data/#?subject=wagegroup etc.

Those values are for the top 1% in the US - The "richest" nation on the planet. I have no idea why the author is presenting these as global numbers, but they quite clearly are.

0.23% of the worlds population have over $1mil in net worth. https://inequality.org/facts/global-inequality/

Right, I was surprised as well by the numbers. Thank you for double checking.

But if we limit the use of private jets, how are the 1% going to get to the climate change summits at which they plot to save the world?

https://www.businessinsider.com/private-jets-jeff-bezos-bide...

> if we limit the use of private jets

I would be curious to compare the carbon footprint of a luxury cabin in a coal-burning steamship, including crew, with that of a modern jet. (Guessing the latter wins. Higher carbon intensity, but vastly shorter duration and cleaner fuel to boot.)

It always amuses me when people say we shouldn't address climate change because it will impact the poor. The reality is the poor aren't the people causing the problem.

https://sci-hub.tf/10.1038/s41560-020-0579-8

Should read "top 1%"

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