RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squareAdramis@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year 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.
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.