The extremely wealthy just don't care

[Old Crank]

They are burning carbon like there is no tomorrow while having a large say in how we will cut emissions into the atmosphere/

America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam

The data, produced by Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Institute ahead of the Cop30 climate summit, highlights the chasm between the carbon-guzzling rich, who are most responsible for the climate crisis, and the heat-vulnerable poor, who suffer the worst consequences.

At one end, the wealthiest 0.1% emit an average of 2.2 tonnes of CO2 every day, equivalent to the weight of a rhinoceros or an SUV.

At the other, a citizen of Somalia burns off just 82 grams of CO2 each day, barely the mass of a single tomato or half a cup of rice.

In between, the average for everyone on the planet is 12kg a day, about as heavy as a standard car tyre.

[Moostache]

1. Anyone under the age of 45 should be barred from office now.

Seriously... if you are younger than 40 I don't know what you're all waiting for to take charge of the systems and demand changes to allow you to HAVE a future beyond 2050.

Feedback loops are real. This is not an opinion. Ignoring something unpleasant doesn't make it better. You all - those destined to struggle in the dystopia - should be far more insistent that your lives matter and taking control of the levers of power to protect them. No one else is coming to save you.

[alittlelark]

2. Do u mean 'over'

[RandomNumbers]

3. A large number of them are probably too busy

trying to take care of the children they were forced to have.

Or, even just making ends meet to pay their rent and heating bills. Never mind any health care they might need.

Just the way the billionaires want it.

[debsy]

4. Uber wealthy want to eliminate 99% of humans and replace us with AI

They don’t need pesky common people around to interfere in their luxurious experience. We are training AI to replace us.

[AllaN01Bear]

5. then who would buy their usless junk?

[IbogaProject]

8. Actually 85-95%

They want the world pipulation down to .5 to 1 billion. Catch our whole house of cards economic and debt based currency both require endless constant growth. Their fantasy of less people goes against their whole economic constructs and their underpinnings.

[debsy]

9. Fair point.

[Tribetime]

6. They control everything....even in baseball the richest teams

Have a huge advantage

[Grim Chieftain]

7. Liberals think in terms of "we"

Republicans think in terms of "me".