@petergleick Ironically, it reflects the population growth of humans in the past 100 years—8 billion people and increasing.

@Mencjusz @petergleick
Yeah, but let's be careful not to offload blame on to those who bear (and will bear) relatively little responsibility. The richest 10% of people on the planet are estimated to be responsible for around half of all emissions. It's the lifestyles of the wealthy minority that are driving climate change.

@roger @Mencjusz @petergleick
How rich are you? You might be surprised. You can easily check your position in the richest x% with this site:
https://www.givingwhatwecan.org/how-rich-am-i

@andrelensink @Mencjusz @petergleick
I'm undoubtedly materially privileged, Andre, I'm not denying that. It's my duty (if I wish to be a 'good ancestor') to mitigate that fact. IMO, my privileged position makes any attempt to shift the blame for the impacts of the society I live in all the more unacceptable.