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World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam (www.theguardian.com)
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The world’s richest 1% have used up their fair share of carbon emissions just 10 days into 2026, analysis has found.

Meanwhile, the richest 0.1% took just three days to exhaust their annual carbon budget, according to the research by Oxfam.

The charity said the worst effects of the emissions would be faced by those who had done the least to cause the climate crisis,

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[–] 17 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Yet my neighbor shamed me for riding a motorcycle once this year

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  • [–] 14 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    Motorcycles, having far less weight per user, should be more efficient, no?

    As long as you’re not riding a big bore super duper noisy exhaust idgaf. 

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The MythBusters did that one, obviously the info is a bit out of date now but IIRC over the three decades of models they tested they found that motorcycles, while more fuel efficient per mile, have none of the pollution controls of cars so they put out more emissions per mile than the average car of the same age.

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