It sucks when people are like "but flying is only 3% of global emissions" or "bitcoin is only 0.5%." It all adds up when you're in a climate emergency.
Out of ALL the nations of the world, 203 (all but 6) emit under 2% of global emissions.
- If global aviation were a nation it would be the #6 top emitter after China, the US, India, Russia, and Japan.
- The richest 1% of humans contribute 50% of all flying emissions! It is an incredibly privileged act.
As for Bitcoin, if it were a country, it emits more CO2 than 179 (86%) of the world's nations.
@MarkHoltom so I guess - good news everyone, this will about to change in about… mmm t- n days, depending where you are located, as but n is < 30 days - air travel will become more and more available just to the y% of the population where y is - no one who is on mastadon;)… until the electric drone “microbuss” (for people from behind the former iron curtain - “mikrushka”) type of short hop electric flying things will swarm to fill in the market hole (my prediction #bongwisdom =)