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Let me restate that for you. The richest 760 million people are responsible for half of all CO2 emissions. I am imagine that includes the cars, big homes, the

Let me restate that for you. The richest 760 million people are responsible for half of all CO2 emissions. I am imagine that includes the cars, big homes, the electricity, and all the products that we buy from China. I’m not sure what you want us to do with that information. There’s nothing actionable in that observation. We should’ve stopped using coal two decades ago. I’m sure we can spend all night talking about this, but it’s all been said before.

ClumsyPilot 6y ago
emissions are being produced by people wealthy enough to invest in renewables / offset / etc.
- melling 6y ago
  I’m not sure where we stand on solar panels on everyone’s homes. Doesn’t seem to be replacing power plants, which is what we need. Making sure my manufacturered imports are carbon neutral will be difficult. All the other indirect emissions will also be hard to account for.
dehrmann 6y ago
> all the products that we buy from China Not sure why you're calling this out. Container shipping is very efficient.
- adrianN 6y ago
  Making the stuff in the containers is usually not very efficient.
- melling 6y ago
  They burn a lot of coal to make the stuff we buy. We have to look at the entire supply chain if we want to reduce our emissions.
fulafel 6y ago
It's actionable. Maybe it takes a lot of rehashing to get through, but still. Lots of these people voluntarily give up cars, big houses etc already, and more are partial to making carbon caps / policies that result in carbon neutrality.