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>It is 2% of mostly completely needless carbon emissions which are produced exclusively by the richest 1% of Earths population. This is completely untrue. One
by logicchains 6y ago
>It is 2% of mostly completely needless carbon emissions which are produced exclusively by the richest 1% of Earths population.
This is completely untrue. One of the biggest sources of airline travel is Chinese domestic tourism, far from the richest 1%.
>but at the same time it would be a very good thing for humanity as a whole
How incredibly arrogant of you to think you speak for all of humanity. Clearly a huge number of humans value air travel, due to their extensive use of it, please explain to me how you know better than all of them about what's good for them?
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- NationalPark 6y agoSurely it's even more arrogant to assume that individual preferences and a market that doesn't price externalities will somehow avoid the existential threat of climate change. Or do you not "believe" in that?