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by mbell 2541 days ago
> Remember that only 100 companies are responsible for 71% of climate change.

That has to be one of the most misleading statistics I've ever heard. The source of this appears to be here[0], they are assigning all emissions of products to the source company. e.g. the emissions from the gas an individual uses is assigned to the company that pulled the oil out of the ground.

[0] PDF - https://b8f65cb373b1b7b15feb-c70d8ead6ced550b4d987d7c03fcdd1...