Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by ghostwriter on Thursday July 30, 2020 @07:39AM
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Amazon literally serves those average americans, why the carbon footprint is on Amazon's account? It would hardly produce any footprint if there were no people ordering stuff.
Re:Universal Basic Income is Capitalism 2.0
by heavyset_go on Thursday July 30, 2020 @12:06PM
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Amazon serves Amazon's board and shareholders. Also, many Americans are priced out of Amazon entirely, as it is cheaper to shop elsewhere.
44.40 million metric tons [1]
Average American carbon footprint:
16 tons [2]
Now, I'm sure there's some inaccuracy here, and it's a bit of a stretch to say Bezos is personally responsible for all of Amazon's emissions, but he's pretty clearly in the same order of magnitude as having a million times the carbon emissions of the average American.
[1] https://d39w7f4ix9f5s9.cloudfront.net/26/7f/e1693ffc45db88d8...
[2] https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon....