Energy/faq
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Myth: "Your carbon footprint doesn't matter, because the billionaires are responsible for most of global emissions anyway."
Fact:
- The richest 10% of the world is responsible for half of global emissions.
- If you're middle-class in a developed country, you are part of this 10%.
- Corporate emissions are a function of what people buy.
- Wealth inequality is more extreme than carbon inequality.
(...)( For example, an ultra rich person who earns 100x more money than average, probably emits about 10x more carbon than average.[citation needed] ) - "Private jets are responsible for around 4% of all aviation emissions" [1]
- Rich people do still have outrageous carbon footprints. We are IN NO WAY trying to justify their lifestyles. They have to consume less.
- Poor people don't usually have high carbon footprints. We are IN NO WAY trying to tell people who suffer from poverty to consume less.
- The poorest 50% percent of the world is responsible for only 10% of global emissions.
Myth: "Your carbon footprint doesn't matter, because overpopulation is the real problem."
Fact:
- The poorest 50% percent of the world is responsible for only 10% of global emissions.
- Earth could easily feed 8 billion people or more, if there wasn't so much food waste & animal agriculture.