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[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 33 points 3 days ago (2 children)

the only chance of survival is if every person on the planet reduced their carbon emissions to zero

Meanwhile, in reality:

Billionaires emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes than the average person does in a lifetime

Ending climate change requires the end of capitalism. Have we got the stomach for it?

[–] turmacar@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The idea of a personal "Carbon Footprint" was spread as an idea by BP in order to make people believe individual action/responsibility was more important than systemic change.

It worked really well.

[–] ShareMySims@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Yup, it's what billions if not trillions in marketing, think tanks, and lobbying will get you.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yep

[–] brlemworld@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

It says rail is the largest polluter by a huge margin..... That's hard to take. Whoever made that graph is an idiot, it's hard to read and it poorly laid out.

[–] 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago

It doesn't matter who owns the coal mine, oil refinery, LNG terminal, gas station or gas stove.

It simply has to go fast.

Billionaires are not going to solve our problems, even if we expropriate them. Marxists¹ of all people should know this.

Most ENERGY used from fossil fuels is used for energy-inefficient transportation (you know, our millions of cars), most EMISSIONS stem from power plants (likely owned by a local state body, ie our votes).

¹(ie people who heard the term class consciousness before)