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AlexHanson007 t1_iwgcsd6 wrote

Reply to comment by kalimabitch in A rare reason for optimism about climate change by aRationalMoose

Then it is indeed good news. It seems like at least some of the biggest polluters (billionaires) are now taking this seriously and funding advancements that can help. I just hope big asset management funds and politicians follow suit now. Feel like this COP is such an important one (obv the all are, but we've already blown past +1.5 and want to try and keep it below +3 now).

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OriginalCompetitive t1_iwgveym wrote

I know we’re all required to hate billionaires, but it’s not true that they are the biggest polluters.

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kalimabitch t1_iwgy1g9 wrote

Eh per individual they absolutely are. The wealthier the worse. That some of them want to course correct does not change that.

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AlexHanson007 t1_iwh2907 wrote

https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-richest-1-percent-more-double-emissions-poorest-half-humanity

The top 1% emit twice the total amount of emissions of the bottom half of the human race.

I'm not even hating on them here. I'm stating a fact and then saying that it's encouraging that they are realising work needs to be done and are, it would seem, putting their money where their mouth is. This is a good thing.

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Gagarin1961 t1_iwh3bhu wrote

Politicians run the military, the largest polluter on the planet. Yet many see them at the solution.

Maybe things aren’t totally black and white?

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