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Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution (journals.plos.org)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Elon's plane burn more than 3000litres of gas each day. The more trips he make the more it burns.

https://mastodon.social/@elonjet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

From the HN discussion, “ The title is editorialized, the original title is "Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance" and the abstract says "In 2019, fully 40% of total U.S. emissions were associated with income flows to the highest earning 10% of households".”