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"Despite being massive, the personal consumption of the super-rich is dwarfed by emissions resulting from their investments in companies.17 Investments of the t
by KyleBerezin 3y ago
"Despite being massive, the personal consumption of the super-rich is dwarfed by
emissions resulting from their investments in companies.17 Investments of the top 1%
are estimated to account for between 50% and 70% of their emissions.18"
Their source is equally bad, and I have no faith even in that number. I see double counting too, if you blame pollution for buying a car on the customer, and blame that same pollution on the person who owns the shares of the company that made it, you are double counting.