RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.world · 11 months agoRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1249arrow-down1external-linkRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square38fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareAdramis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoIt feels disingenuous at best to lump in people making $60k/year with Jeff Bezos and other billionaires. Just twelve billionaires account for 2,100,000 homes worth of emissions, and that’s only the raw output of their travel and other direct expenses: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/20/twelve-billionaires-climate-emissions-jeff-bezos-bill-gates-elon-musk-carbon-divide Yes, we can all do our bit to help out, but workers pointing fingers at other workers will only ever benefit the ruling class.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoYeah, 1% of 8.1 billion is 81 million. So, it’s roughly the top 10% of population of the wealthiest countries. That includes both Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, but also middle managers in marketing, astronomers, HR managers, air traffic controllers, etc.
It feels disingenuous at best to lump in people making $60k/year with Jeff Bezos and other billionaires. Just twelve billionaires account for 2,100,000 homes worth of emissions, and that’s only the raw output of their travel and other direct expenses: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/20/twelve-billionaires-climate-emissions-jeff-bezos-bill-gates-elon-musk-carbon-divide
Yes, we can all do our bit to help out, but workers pointing fingers at other workers will only ever benefit the ruling class.
Yeah, 1% of 8.1 billion is 81 million. So, it’s roughly the top 10% of population of the wealthiest countries.
That includes both Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk, but also middle managers in marketing, astronomers, HR managers, air traffic controllers, etc.