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So Starbucks’ CEO commutes to work by private jet? Let’s not pretend the super-rich care about the planet (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

how much carbon dioxide does this supercommute produce, expressed in cars/day?

edit: i guess it's just cars

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I want to know in paper straws per day.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

How many bananas for miles travelled.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

The commute itself? Hard to say. But according to the article, a billionaire produces emissions equivalent to a million average people.

There are 3,311 billionaires.

Once they are eliminated, that's the emissions of 3.3 billion people taken care of.