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mandmandam 7 months ago

> Oxfam found that, on average, 50 of the world’s richest billionaires took 184 flights in a single year, spending 425 hours in the air —producing as much carbon as the average person would in 300 years. In the same period, their yachts emitted as much carbon as the average person would in 860 years.

That's not "a bit more". That's insane.

And there's absolutely nothing disingenuous about it, because the article clearly states:

> the average investment emissions of 50 of the world’s richest billionaires are around 340 times their emissions from private jets and superyachts combined.

> Through these investments, billionaires have huge influence over some of the world’s biggest corporations and are driving us over the edge of climate disaster.

... I don't know why this isn't convincing to you, but it's not Oxfam's fault.