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by shapefrog 1691 days ago
> The carbon dioxide emissions of the richest 1% of humanity

That is everyone here - so before you get on your high horse about private jets and mega yachts, know that this is calling YOU a piece of shit that is destroying the planet for your fancy lifestyle no matter how vegan you are or how much you recycle or how green your Tesla is, just as much as it is calling Jeff one.
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nicolaslem 1691 days ago
Apparently you need a net worth of $11.1 million or an income of $758,434 per year to be in the top 1%.

Source: https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1212/average-net...

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shapefrog 1691 days ago
Your source references https://dqydj.com/top-one-percent-united-states/ https://www.epi.org/data/#?subject=wagegroup etc.

Those values are for the top 1% in the US - The "richest" nation on the planet. I have no idea why the author is presenting these as global numbers, but they quite clearly are.

0.23% of the worlds population have over $1mil in net worth. https://inequality.org/facts/global-inequality/

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nicolaslem 1691 days ago
Right, I was surprised as well by the numbers. Thank you for double checking.
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