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That 90 minute number includes investments, which doesn't make any sense. Do we blame the CO2 emissions of SpaceX on Elon Musk, which would be included in that,
by nomel 2y ago
That 90 minute number includes investments, which doesn't make any sense. Do we blame the CO2 emissions of SpaceX on Elon Musk, which would be included in that, or do we blame NASA/Americans and worldwide Starlink subscribers for paying for something that has CO2 as a byproduct?
It's the collective us that's the problem, not wanting to give up our standard of living. Shoot the developed countries into the sun and you save the world.
- Retric 2y agoThe pollution from customers shouldn’t be counted, but investments on startups involve real world resources being used. Blue Origin for example has 11,000 employees yet still depends on Jeff Bezos to keep the lights on. For years it looked a lot like an hobby, let alone all the other even less successful rocket companies. Also, Billionaires start up companies for their super yacht’s making them technically investments even if they’re only used by the billionaire themselves it makes sense from tax standpoint. When you have that kind of money the line between hobby, investment, and donation get blurry.
- relaxing 2y ago> Do we blame the CO2 emissions of SpaceX on Elon Musk Of course. 100%. He started it, he could stop it. It’s not even a question. No one was asking for starlink. Humanity could have continued just fine without wireless internet in the middle of nowhere.
- Retric 2y agoExcept that’s not included in this calculation. Who is responsible for an early stage statue startup without customers? The people investing money, thus investment is a category of emissions.
- relaxing 2y ago> Who is responsible for an early stage statue startup without customers? Still the CEO who made the choice to accept outside funding.
- wqaatwt 2y agoPoint is that if the 1% were forced to pay significantly more the 99% wouldn’t have to give up as much. Hard to expect that the overwhelming majority of the population to collectively agree to willingly reduce their QoL when income inequality continues to grow.
- nomel 2y agoIf you work in tech, and you live in America, you are part of the 1% of the world.
- wqaatwt 2y agoMy personal financial situation and the size of my tax bill is entirely irrelevant and tangential.
- nomel 2y agoI'm not talking about income, I'm talking about CO2 generation [1]. [1] https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/there-are-huge-inequalities-in-global-co2-emissions#:~:text=High%2Dincome%20countries%20contribute%20more,than%201%25%20of%20total%20emissions. https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/there-are-huge-ineq...
- Retric 2y agoGood tax policy is good tax policy even if it hurts you specifically.