Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet heating pollution

Re:Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet... by tarcar on Sunday September 17, 2023 @05:48AM (#37543238)

The title is editorialized, the original title is "Income-based U.S. household carbon footprints (1990–2019) offer new insights on emissions inequality and climate finance" and the abstract says "In 2019, fully 40% of total U.S. emissions were associated with income flows to the highest earning 10% of households".

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Re:Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet... by somedude895 on Sunday September 17, 2023 @06:07AM (#37543370)

"associated with income flows"

Yeah so the editorialized title is ignorant at best and deliberately misleading at worst. I've flagged it.

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Re:Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet... by refurb on Sunday September 17, 2023 @06:15AM (#37543434)

I mean that seems entirely intuitive. Most income flows involve emissions.

So the highest income have the highest emissions from income flows.

Did the authors somehow think this wasn’t true?

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Re:Americas richest 10% is responsible for 40% of its planet... by suckitsam on Sunday September 17, 2023 @07:26AM (#37543854)

"Top X% of earners/producers responsible for the top Y% of production/expenditures/consumption" is a whole genre.

It's great because the top 10% are bad and the rest of us are good.

I'll hide under my bed (where I recycle my straw wrappers) if you show me global numbers.

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