• Anticorp@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It kind of is. The larger your income, the larger your carbon footprint, and that scales indefinitely.

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      11 months ago

      Not quite. The larger your consumption, the larger your carbon footprint.

      Just because a person is rich doesn’t mean they have to have a private jet.

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        11 months ago

        It’s a generalization, but it’s pretty reliable. Of course there are always exceptions.