Submitted by aRationalMoose t3_yvw6yw in Futurology
OriginalCompetitive t1_iwgveym wrote
Reply to comment by AlexHanson007 in A rare reason for optimism about climate change by aRationalMoose
I know we’re all required to hate billionaires, but it’s not true that they are the biggest polluters.
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.
AlexHanson007 t1_iwh2907 wrote
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.
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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