• glockenspiel@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Binning households into income groups, we estimate the highest earning 30% of households are responsible for about 70% of income-based NE while the lowest earning 70% are responsible for only about 30% NE.

    Says it all, really. The wealthy disproportionately command an overwhelming amount of wealth generated, and also overwhelmingly are responsible for carbon emissions (70%, despite making up only 30% of the population). But let’s talk about skipping a meal and not using plastic straws, and how this is all an individual effort instead of a class struggle. /s

    Climate change is the newer equivalent of wealthy groups dumping toxic waste near poor neighborhoods. The wealthy will be able to safe guard against a lot of the damage to themselves (but not all; they are still doing the equivalent of sitting in a car and letting it run with the garage door closed). The working class? Not so much.