Yeah, i think separating billionaires from the rest goes some way to making working and middle class people feel like that we’ve done our bit. By that, I mean it may as well be a billionaire compared to some one in extreme poverty.
On a side note, I wonder if those maritime countries pay a penalty for all the fossil fueled powered shipping they need. Also Singapore is a major oil refiner which might be affecting them.
I was thinking that maybe this has to do with “flag of convenience” status. If a Singapore-flagged ship burns massive amounts of fossil fuels but the owners are Australian and the crew is Filipino, does the country of Singapore get the CO2 bill?
But, the list of biggest flag of convenience countries does (sort of) include Singapore, but not Trinidad and Tobago. And, if shipping mattered you’d think Liberia would be higher on the CO2 per capita list.
As for making people feel like we’ve done our bit. Yeah, I don’t fly around the world in a private jet. Or, like some billionaires, fly around with 2 private jets, the second one on standby in case there’s an issue with the first one. I just don’t think that’s a good excuse for not examining how I live. There are hundreds of millions of people like me, and only about 3000 billionaires in the world.
Yeah, i think separating billionaires from the rest goes some way to making working and middle class people feel like that we’ve done our bit. By that, I mean it may as well be a billionaire compared to some one in extreme poverty.
On a side note, I wonder if those maritime countries pay a penalty for all the fossil fueled powered shipping they need. Also Singapore is a major oil refiner which might be affecting them.
I was thinking that maybe this has to do with “flag of convenience” status. If a Singapore-flagged ship burns massive amounts of fossil fuels but the owners are Australian and the crew is Filipino, does the country of Singapore get the CO2 bill?
But, the list of biggest flag of convenience countries does (sort of) include Singapore, but not Trinidad and Tobago. And, if shipping mattered you’d think Liberia would be higher on the CO2 per capita list.
As for making people feel like we’ve done our bit. Yeah, I don’t fly around the world in a private jet. Or, like some billionaires, fly around with 2 private jets, the second one on standby in case there’s an issue with the first one. I just don’t think that’s a good excuse for not examining how I live. There are hundreds of millions of people like me, and only about 3000 billionaires in the world.