[_Microft]

> Gates is one of the world’s biggest “super-emitters” due to his regular private jet travel.

Is this behaviour net-negative for climate is the actual question, in my opinion. This one is much harder to answer than compiling a list of his trips and summing up estimated emissions.

[Schiendelman]

Personal emissions are only responsible for a small portion of total emissions regardless of how rich the individual is. There are a small set of companies doing most of the damage. Attacking individuals for their emissions continues an oil company - driven personal responsibility frame that stops us from solving the problems.

[O5vYtytb]

I don't understand this argument. Do these corporations exist in a vacuum? We use their products and services. They don't just emit co2 for the fun of it. No, we're not all individually responsible alone. We're all responsible together.

[Schiendelman]

The worlds big emitters are not products or services we use directly. They are significantly up the food chain from us. Changing our individual behaviors have basically no impact on demand for anything they do. People aren’t going to live in half the size of house or get more roommates, or stop having children, or stop using office space, so the construction industry continues to be one of the largest emitters in the world.

Changing this requires focus on the largest problem companies and extremely targeted lobbying. Individual choice pressures just make us fight with each other while we burn to death.