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1) The worst polluters are countries like China and India and 3rd world countries that dump trash directly into the ocean. 2) But... it's "PER CAPITA" pollutio
by RobertRoberts 5y ago
1) The worst polluters are countries like China and India and 3rd world countries that dump trash directly into the ocean.
2) But... it's "PER CAPITA" pollution that is the _actual_ problem.
3) ???
But then we stop right before the truth is that the 1% are the biggest polluters on the planet.
https://phys.org/news/2020-09-richest-emissions-poorest-analysis.html https://phys.org/news/2020-09-richest-emissions-poorest-anal...
https://inhabitat.com/1-of-global-population-causes-50-of-all-carbon-pollution-emitted-by-the-aviation-industry/ https://inhabitat.com/1-of-global-population-causes-50-of-al...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/05/carbon-top-1-percent-could-jeopardise-1point5c-global-heating-limit https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/05/carbon-t...
https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-richest-1-percent-more-double-emissions-poorest-half-humanity https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/carbon-emissions-ric...
- seiferteric 5y agoYou need less then $1 Million (~$900k) to be part of the global 1% though... That includes probably a good amount of people on this site.
- Ekaros 5y agoWhen I read specially people from USA complaining that China is now the number one polluter I'm like duh, shouldn't they be? They have in absolute terms most population and they are also taking care of massive cut of manufacturing...