• glassware@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    In a mastodon thread this week we estimated that banning private jet usage globally would save about 100 million tonnes of CO2, while normal Americans would save 4.5 billion tonnes by reducing their consumption to global average levels.

    Disproportionate harms are annoying but a tiny minority acting disproportionately still matters way less than how normal people act. Banning private jets is pointless if nothing else changes.

    • afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Because something doesn’t fix a problem completely nothing can be done, yes?

      Also I wonder how many times I have been stuck on the tarmac because of some private jet using my taxpayer funded airport.