Thats according to anew reportfrom Oxfam International, a British NGO that fights poverty.
Half of the worlds emissions come from the richest 10% of people.
According to Oxfam, that generates as much carbon as the average person would produce in 300 years.
Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk (in white) boards his private jet before departing from Beijing Capital International Airport on May 31, 2023.© Photo by JADE GAO/AFP via Getty Images
The yachts are worse.
One of the biggest carbon emitters was the Walton family, of Walmart fame.
This is equivalent to the carbon emissions of around 1,700 Walmart shop workers, Oxfam said in its report.
It would take the average US Amazon employee 207 years to emit that much, the report said.
One person not driving to work every day is adrop in the bucketin terms of global carbon emissions.
Its different for billionaires.
People like Musk and Bezos can eliminate massive amounts of carbon from the atmosphere simply by not flying.
Hell, even flying half as much or selling a superyacht would do some good.
We know that Musk and Bezos are concerned about climate change.
Bezos has a charity thatpumps billions into research on food inequality and climate.
But both men are also trying to leave the planet.
Neither are shy about why.
They want to leave the planet and its ailing climate behind.
As the rockets leave Earth, theyll spew thousands of tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere.
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