• masterofn001
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    If you check out elonjet on mastodon it shows his fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

    Tons of co2 per flight. Thousands of gallons of fuel.

    To go 15 minutes away.

    • @x00z@lemmy.world
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      105 hours ago
      15 mile (13 NM) flight from KEDC to AUS
      
      ~ 85 gallons (322 liters). 
      ~ 571 lbs (259 kg) of jet fuel used. 
      ~ $477 cost of fuel. 
      ~ 0.8991 tons of CO2 emissions.
      

      15 miles.

  • AwesomeLowlander
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    Warning: Unpopular opinion coming up

    This is a ridiculous metric. They measure carbon emissions not just by what the billionaires are consuming, but by what their investments (businesses, factories, etc) are producing. This is akin to the world blaming China for their grossly inflated per capita emissions, while conveniently ignoring that it’s actually being consumed by other countries and it’s just shifting numbers around.

    There are plenty of legit reasons to hate billionaires, there’s really no need to be making up new questionable ones that can be torn apart.

    • You got a point. However, billionaires are still extremely horrible for the environment. Just owning a private get and regularly using it emits probably more carbon than the average person.

    • @x00z@lemmy.world
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      -15 hours ago

      Your first point is pretty good.

      Although your argument about China is very wrong.

  • @treefrog@lemm.ee
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    So if someone is polluting the air my child and I breathe, and destroying the environment in which we live, and I use physical force to stop them, is that self-defense?

    • @NaevaTheRat@vegantheoryclub.org
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      23 hours ago

      Here is how ethics works:

      • if I push a boulder on you I’m a murderer
      • if I push a boulder that squashes you but on the way down the hill it grinds some flour your death is an externality and I am industrious.

      Since we are in the latter case, it is not self defense. Too bad, so sad.

    • @Notyou@sopuli.xyz
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      Usually but because it’s the environment then you would get labeled as a terrorist instead of being able to claim self defense. Sorry it looks like the corporations were more forward thinking and got some laws passed to label anything trying to protect the environment is now eco-terrorism.

      Only kinda /s

    • Kalkaline
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      If you cook the rich over a wood burning fire, it would be a net savings in carbon emissions, hypothetically speaking.

      • qupada
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        36 hours ago

        My cauldron uses an induction stove powered by renewable energy.

        Braised in wine, the way they’re accustomed to. Attempting to roast the rich doesn’t achieve a great result.

  • @Sanctus@lemmy.world
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    Thats actually an insane metric. Like I try to be conscious and clean, but even I polute far more than I should. Then these dudes are doing that over and over every hour and a half? What the fuck?

  • Nougat
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    We should burn billionaires for fuel to reduce our carbon footprints.

  • @cm0002@lemmy.world
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    Yea but it’s on us for not recycling or not setting our thermostats to 85° or leaving the lights on or having the audacity to leave electronics in standby or leaving a charger plugged in or driving too much! /s

  • @pivot_root@lemmy.world
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    27 hours ago

    If dairy and beef cows produce significant quantities of greenhouse gas, and the rich also produce significant quantities of greenhouse gas, does that make them edible too?

  • @NABDad@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    They’re just measuring the increase in the amount of methane in the room when Elon speaks.