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☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago

Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime

www.oxfam.org

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Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime

www.oxfam.org

☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime | Oxfam International
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  • MF_COOM [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    People call these kind of reports lib but I like that Oxfam keeps putting them out they’re great radicalization material from an org nobody is going to shrug off because they’re tankies or w/e

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      exactly my view as well

    • serenityseeker [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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      I haven’t read this particular one, but yeah Oxfam’s methodology has been garbage any time I’ve looked

      Death to Oxfam

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        Can you give an example?

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    Each billionaire emits the carbon emissions of 444,424 people over their lives if they live the average US life span

    and we all know ghouls live longersmoothskin

    • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      And so many billionaires are sparing no expense and literally consuming the blood of the young to try to live forever now. holden-bloodfeast

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    If we do some math on this, based on this great paper about the social murder of carbon emissions which calculates that the lifetime carbon emissions of the average American is responsible for the death of 0.29 humans by estimated heating impact of carbon emission in the next century, we find that the average billionaire is directly responsible for the deaths of ~126,978 people over their lifetime just by their carbon emissions.

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    My climate plan of “Kill everybody with net worth over $10 million” is looking better every day.

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      You get a fancy plaque mounted to the obelisk that says, “On this day, [insert name here], WON CAPITALISM!” saul-your-honor

      Why at the base of a volcano? cap-think

      Oh, because we throw you in there after you get your plaque. saul-stare

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        that seems really wasteful… the plaque should be dry erasable

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          Oh… fancy gold plated Etch-a-Sketch…

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    gui-better porky-scared-flipped is an ecological necessity

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    don’t forget to separate your recyclables though!

    Death to America

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    “But yet you give them their money to pollute with so obviously we should vote with our wallets and not buy oil or food.”

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    farting

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