RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.world · 10 months agoRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkRichest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%, report sayswww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squarebstix@feddit.dklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoThe overpopulation isn’t happening in the 1%. It makes jack shit of a difference to the environment if there is one billion or two billion starving people. They’re not the ones burning carbon or eating steak.
minus-squareSyrc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoBut we want to stop those people from starving. And if we ideally lived in a world where no one is starving, emissions would go up astronomically.
The overpopulation isn’t happening in the 1%.
It makes jack shit of a difference to the environment if there is one billion or two billion starving people. They’re not the ones burning carbon or eating steak.
But we want to stop those people from starving. And if we ideally lived in a world where no one is starving, emissions would go up astronomically.