Maybe so.
From Jake Johnson via CommonDreams.org:
- “The richest people on the planet, representing a small sliver of the total population, are emitting carbon dioxide at a rate that’s imperiling hopes of keeping global heating below 1.5°C, prompting fresh calls for government action to rein in ‘luxury’ pollution and combat the intertwined crises of inequality and climate change.”
- “‘The emissions from a single billionaire spaceflight would exceed the lifetime emissions of someone in the poorest billion people on Earth,’ Nafkote Dabi, Oxfam’s climate policy lead, said in a statement. ‘A tiny elite appear to have a free pass to pollute. Their oversized emissions are fueling extreme weather around the world and jeopardizing the international goal of limiting global heating.'”
Then there’s Bill Maher:
There’s life above the line and life below it.
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