Mark Holtom (aka Kingbeard)Apr 25, 2023

What would happen if the richest 10% reduced their CO2 emissions to the EU average (which BTW is a nice standard of living).

Answer, there would be a 35% decrease in global CO2 emissions.

So, all would be fixed, if we could limit the excesses of the top 10%.

Show threadJonathan Schofield

@MarkHoltom @baldur what seems intriguing is the conflation of two different metrics.

In 2018, Credit Suisse concluded that if one has a net worth of $93k or more, one is in the global richest 10%. So I’m in that bracket.

I can’t readily find what the EU average net wealth is but, seeing as EU average income is about $26k per year, I’d hazard a guess that EU average emissions substantially overlaps with the global richest 10%.

My point being that…

Sep 30, 2023 at 1:12pmToot!
Show threadJonathan SchofieldSep 30, 2023
@MarkHoltom @baldur …we really need to focus on the *behaviours* which generate emissions and less on poor proxies for that which sets up an “us” vs “them” narrative, while obscuring the fact that the “them” is usually “us”