gkd ( @gkd@lemmy.ml ) 26•8 months ago blazera ( @blazera@kbin.social ) 24•8 months agoSo, the study theyre citing is pretty flawed. It starts with an assumption that emissions strictly correlate with income, it doesnt actually break down or analyze emissions sources. It just takes the total emissions of a country and divides that up by income. Its economic analysis. But that’s not how emissions work. A million dollar car isnt gonna emit 100 times more than a 10k car. The cows for their wagyu steaks arent producing more methane than cows ending up at Mcdonalds.
The wealthy absolutely emit more through flights and boats. Someone with a private jet is likely emitting hundreds of times more emissions than a regular person. But theres not that many private jets. Ban all private jets, but it wont even register on global emissions totals.
There’s a ton of academic research showing the correlation between income and emissions.
There are also a ton of actions which are necessary to get to zero emissions but not sufficient. Banning private jets is one.
MrMakabar ( @MrMakabar@slrpnk.net ) 3•8 months agoMostly it is bigger houses, driving bigger cars, flying more to vacations and well buying more in general. We are talking about thte top 10% globally here. They are not crazy billionaires and most do not own private jets or boats.
Shmandom ( @Shmandom@feddit.uk ) 13•8 months agoTL;DR: eating one rich a day keeps climate change away.
Reality Suit ( @Reality_Suit@lemmy.one ) 3•8 months agoHere’s the beautiful part, there can still be “rich” people. We just need to tighten the gap. Being rich should mean you can buy what you want right now and not have to save. Being poor should be that you have to save an extra paycheck to get what you want after food shelter and other luxuries are paid for. That’s it. Close the gap. How? By eating the rich. Boom!
Auzy ( @Auzy@beehaw.org ) 12•8 months agoI used to be a tradie. They absolutely are…
Many of them are doing stupid things like building massive concrete homes only 4 people live in, own MANY cars, and we even came across genuinely stupid nonsense like massive firepits in the middle of swimming pools (which aren’t there for warmth, and literally just burn petrol to look impressive).
Coasting0942 ( @Coasting0942@reddthat.com ) 4•8 months agohttps://platinumpools.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Shapiro00001-e1537458417223.jpg
Holy shit. If I fuck over the NPCs around me, I too could pretend to be a pharaoh!
Drusas ( @Drusas@kbin.social ) 12•8 months agoGuillotines, you say?
z3rOR0ne ( @z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml ) 6•8 months agoMmm…delicious delicious rich…
MonkderZweite ( @MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ) 2•8 months agoand the economic.
pinkdrunkenelephants ( @pinkdrunkenelephants@lemmy.cafe ) English2•8 months agoIt’s not just them, governments are also a huge fucking problem on their own even without being puppet theaters for the rich.