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Richest 1% use their entire annual carbon limit in just 10 days.
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this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2025
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It would seem we have a pathway to save the planet, if this is the extant of their transgressions already.
Reminds me that Ben Elton's "This other Eden" imagined (decades ago) an innovative capitalist solution to lock away the 1% in their bubbles ...