• qevlarr@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    If your whole statement is we shouldn’t try to solve global warming because some people are rich

    I don’t think that’s what they’re saying at all. Any solution to climate change is incomplete if it doesn’t also address inequality and overconsumption

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      9 months ago

      Not just incomplete. You probably need to start with inequality. 25% of global emissions are created by the richest 1%. 50% by the richest 10%

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        9 months ago

        Well, one version of ‘solving inequality’ would be making sure the other 99% create as much emissions as that 1%, which taking your statistics at face value would be a massive bump in emissions.