• Mr_Blott@feddit.uk
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    1 year ago

    Without looking it up, how many people does 1 commercial flight carry, and how many people does one private flight carry? How much fuel, therefore, is burned per person on each private flight? A private flight that could’ve been done on a commercial flight?

    We’ll sit here until you work it out. Don’t worry, we have cheese and a flask of tea

    • letmesleep@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      You’re both right. The stuff that the rich do is a lot worse per person, but most emissions don’t come from people who are rich by first world standards.

      E.g. in Germany poorest 99% of the country are still responsible for about 91% of the emissions, the poorest 90% for 71% and the the poorest 50% for 27% Link in German.

      So yeah, the carbon emissions are a great argument to increase taxes on the rich, but that doesn’t change that everyone will have to make some changes with their way of life if we want to avoid a climate catastrophe.