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[–] EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de 36 points 8 months ago (10 children)

the vast majority of pollution is created by the richest people in the world.

99% of the planet could produce zero pollution for the rest of our lives and it wouldn't even make a dent in the amount of pollution created by the billionaire class.

[–] DarthFrodo@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'd be very interested in the source for this...

America’s richest 10% are responsible for 40% of its planet-heating pollution

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/08/17/business/rich-americans-climate-footprint-emissions/index.html

The emissions of the middle class are also a huge problem and will have to drop to 0 as well.

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