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[–] NocturnalEngineer@lemmy.world 172 points 1 year ago (37 children)

Majority of private jets carrying 3 passengers or less, releasing 10 times as much carbon per passenger than a commercial flight.

As a peasant, I don't think reducing my carbon footprint will offset the disgusting (increasing) display of greed from the elites.

[–] Alto@kbin.social 96 points 1 year ago (20 children)

Perhaps the greatest scam the rich ever pulled off was convincing the common people that climate change is somehow our fault instead of theirs. A single billionaire harms the earth an order of magnitude more in a single year than most small towns will in a decade

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one -3 points 1 year ago (9 children)
[–] loklan@lemmy.world 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Well for example, I read the other day that 1 in 10 flights taking off from the UK are private jets.

[–] Matt_Shatt@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That’s very interesting.

Majority of private jets carrying 3 passengers or less, releasing 10 times as much carbon per passenger than a commercial flight.

As a peasant, I don't think reducing my carbon footprint will offset the disgusting (increasing) display of greed from the elites.

[–] sunbeam60@lemmy.one -2 points 1 year ago

That’s funny and made me chuckle but it doesn’t substantiate the claim made.

[–] Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago
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