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      140k/yr USD is still well within the class of people who care. Basically every doctor in America falls into that category.

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        There’s this temptation to believe that global warming is only caused by a very small group of unrepentant greedy assholes, when the fact of the matter is that it really is a systemic issue caused by essentially everyone in a moderately developed country.

        Sure, most emissions can be traced to a handful of companies, but we’ve quite recently seen what happens when the price of gas spikes even a little bit and people lose their god damn minds. Companies go for cheap polluting practice because consumers demand everything be as cheap as possible.

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        That’s income though. The rich don’t have income, they have property. Top 1% wealth is more like $13 million.

        That site also says top 1% income is more like 400k (individual) to 600k (household). (Edit: though those are us numbers not global.)

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    “World’s richest 1%” is 81,000,000 people, FYI.

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    It should be noted that the category of ‘world’s richest 1%’ includes quite a lot of Americans. If you’ve ever flown for a vacation, there’s a decent chance you’re included in that category. This is not the Musks and Bezos and Gates of the world; it’s the doctors, lawyers, tech workers, and middle managers.

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    They also own almost all of the other carbon emitting facilities & vehicles. So they’re responsible for most of the carbon emissions.