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Climate activists target jets, yachts and golf in a string of global protests against luxury (apnews.com)
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[–] 8 points 3 years ago (2 children)

It's understandable that you are overestimating your own impact.

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-world-s-top-1-of-emitters-produce-over-1000-times-more-co2-than-the-bottom-1

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-richest-1-percent-more-double-emissions-poorest-half-humanity

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/08/billionaires-emit-a-million-times-more-greenhouse-gases-than-the-average-person-oxfam.html

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    You mean the half of humanity without clean water, reliable electricity, and certainly no Internet emits less CO2 than the top 10% (630M!) wealthiest people in the entire world? There are not 630M Billionaires. There are not even 630M Millionaires. An income of $80-100k puts you at 10% worldwide.

    Sure, go right ahead. Tell the family with an income of $80k that they need to cut out their use of private jets and mega yachts. That'll fix climate change right up.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    If you change the mind of one billionaire and you'll have reached the same result as a million of ordinary people. But he's got you convinced your mission is to punch down.

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