UK’s richest set to produce 13 times more transport emissions than poorest by 2035 | Carbon footprints

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1. We should be taxing the hell out of private jets, and even banning them for some routes. Sadly it seems the world right now is determined to shift ever rightwards. Millions, if not billions of voters, duped by the very people who exploit them, oppress them, and perpetuate so many economic, political, social, and environmental problems. The sheer greed, unfairness, and injustice of it all – truly sickening and mind-boggling. I really fear for the next few decades and the path we seem to be heading down, unless there are massive global uprisings against the wealthy elite parasite class.

2. ..and the rest! I know people who fly a dozen times a year. Big cars, multiple cars, big houses.. and they’re not super rich. The richest people with yachts etc would be blowing up the carbon footprint 100x more than the poverty stricken counterparts, eating beans & potatoes.

3. It would be nice for them to explain the amount of money it takes to fall into this category:

   *with the richest 4% set to emit 13 times more carbon from their domestic travel than the poorest 14% by 2035*

   …because just giving a percentage, or using the word “richest,” says absolutely nothing. People in the wealthy countries hear “richest” and jump to the conclusion that it’s someone super-rich, flying around in private jets, when people like that are usually in the .01%.

   It’s no different than the global perspective, when they talk about the richest 10% generating 50% of the emissions. The amount of money it takes to fall into that global category is shockingly low by wealthy country standards (less than $25k in after-tax income in the US if you’re single and childless).

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