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[Article] Billionaires Spew More CO2 Pollution in 90 Minutes Than Average Person in a Lifetime (www.commondreams.org)

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Oxfam International found that global billionaires—with their superyachts, private jets, and investments—emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes of their lives than the average person does in a lifetime.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I agree with this point, it doesn’t make sense. Like, do we attribute all of Tesla/SpaceX etc. carbon emissions to Elon personally? Amazon/BlueHorizon to Jeff Bezos? ..and so on.

Like, if those two individuals were Thanos-snapped out of existence, what would be the actual impact on carbon emissions? Because those companies would likely continue on without much change.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I suppose you could assign portions of carbon emissions from the company overall based on portions of shares owned. Shrug

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

Not really, unless you're going to assign it to the people who use those services too. Amazon wouldn't produce any waste if people didn't buy their products and services. So you're just back at the collective human footprint again. Their yachts, jets, mega-mansions, and other personal things should be counted separately than their businesses.