• SCB@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    So, per your quote, nothing about private planes, but rather the same tired rehash that certain lines of business produce more greenhouse gases.

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      1 year ago

      It’s right there:

      Analysis by Oxfam and US researchers of their luxury purchases, which include superyachts, private jets, cars, helicopters and palatial mansions, combined with the impact of their financial investments and shareholdings reveals that they account for almost 17m tonnes of CO2 and equivalent greenhouse gas emissions annually.

      In the article you told me to read.

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        1 year ago

        impact of their financial investments and shareholdings reveals

        This is the relevant (and stupid) part of the article. You can tell, because when they elaborate, they focus on these investments. None of their accounting works otherwise.

        Not sure what you’re trying to prove but you’re just making yourself look silly.

        A private jet produces a meaningless amount of CO2 in the grand scheme of things. This is inarguable, because math exists.

        Copied from another of my comments

        All human air traffic combined is 2% of emissions. A private jet is not a big deal.

        Calling out private jets from rich people is a conservative tactic to make wealthy people who advocate for climate policy look like hypocrites. It’s a nonsensical position that was never intended to be thought through. It’s a kneejerk slogan for the boomer hordes.

        See when I said “read the article” I meant more than the first sentence.