Do your part and recycle your plastics, peasants!

Flies away in private jet

A valid critique, but also worth mentioning, as discussed in the article, much of the GHG emissions for the top 10% (which includes households down to ~$200k) comes from passive income.

Friendly reminder to check who you bank with and what’s in your 401k if you find yourself in that group.

Huh? How is my 401k being counted toward my CO2 emissions? That makes 0 sense.

Having not read the article, I would wager a guess that because 401k funds are invested in diverse funds, if the fund composition is includes corporations contributing to emissions… and you are making money off their profitability… you are therefore contributing to those emissions. Pick other things to invest in.

But that’s not how it works. People buying the goods and services from those companies are the reason for the emissions, not someone that throws some money into the S&P.

I could own BP stock, but drive an electric car. If I sell my stock, there is 0 change to the emissions of BP.

It seems like they are grasping at straws for more ways to attack those with money, and at this point, not even a lot of money, as most companies offer a 401k. The last thing we should be doing is discouraging people from using those, as they will just be screwing their future self, especially if they have a company match.

But paying stock owners their share of the profits is, when you get right down to it, the reason BP exists. Maximum profit for a company like BP, and their shateholds, means minimizing their expenses and maximizing revenue. So sell as much gas as possible, and pay as little to offset the CO2 as possible. I don’t think it’s grasping at straws.