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OK I can't even (easily) find the numbers. What is an average person's carbon footprint? what is a rich person's carbon footprint? 10x, 100x? Best I see right
by voiper1 2y ago
OK I can't even (easily) find the numbers.
What is an average person's carbon footprint? what is a rich person's carbon footprint? 10x, 100x?
Best I see right now is https://www.visualcapitalist.com/co2-emissions-by-income/ https://www.visualcapitalist.com/co2-emissions-by-income/ which is from 2019 and doesn't say exactly who's covered - I assume it's a global mix?
Income Group Average income (USD) Share of CO₂ Emissions
Top 1% $310K 15%
Next 9% $90K 34%
Middle 40% $16K 43%
Bottom 50% $2K 8%
So the top 10% by income account for 49% of the carbon emissions,
and the next 40% for 43%, and the lowest 50% for 8%.
So that would mean if I got this right:
Top 1%: 94x / year / person
Next 9%: 24x / year / person
Middle 40%: 7x / year / person
Bottom 50%: 1X/year/person
So the top 1% person uses about 14x more carbon than a middle 40% person. Over one order of magnitude. I actually expected it to be far worse, what with the yachts and private planes.
Any better sources/numbers for this?