Feddit.frWorld’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam | Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/10/wor…
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nkat2112And just ten days in, folks - for the top 1%. It seems the richest 0.1% needed only three.
While, ironically, the immediate climate crisis affects the poor and marginalized. Then when they come knocking on our door for help, we’re told by certain loud voices that it’s the immigrants who are at fault.
When the people wake up, I can’t imagine what they’ll do to the empathy-starved elite. It won’t be pretty.
otterI’m losing hope that it will happen in our lifetime. There’s just too many brainwashed idiots who rabidly support facism
I’m fairly certain I will die in WWIII before being able to see that glory.
In ww2. 70 million civilians died in Europe alone
I live about 4 hrs away from a Minuteman lll AFB (and 13 hrs away from another one). Depending on how the wind blows a nuclear strike could take out tens of millions.
5 days ago USA Today did an article with fallout data in the so-called Sponge region.
https://www.usatoday.com/graphics/interactives/us-nuclear-weapons-expansion-fallout-map/
Note that the world’s top 1% is 83 million people, which includes way more than 1% of the population of places like the US and western Europe.
If you’re a “middle class” homeowner in a high cost-of-living area, you’re part of this statistic.
Yeah but within those 1% the pattern essentially is the same where a small minority puts out way more CO2 than the average person
I expect even some bigger gaps, because top 1% is usually when you start having enough money to have good living standards efficiently. I.e. at this point you have the option of having efficient construction and waste less on cooling and heating, you can afford more sustainable clothing, both in terms of material and durability, etc. But unfortunately lots of people just decide to turbocharge destructive consumption instead.
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simping for the establishment by… pointing out how the ultra wealthy produce much more emissions than most people and thus cause disproportionate climate harms that they themselves will be able to avoid many of with their massive wealth?
lol wut
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Got it. Thanks for the clarification.
The baby emoji next to their username underscores the brainrot.
Tumblr level of reading comprehension
As a Tumbrl user, I am glad our skills are appreciated
Rewound worldwide :’p