Gerry McGovern on Nostr: • Billionaires belch and fart a million times more CO2 than normal people • 125 ...
• Billionaires belch and fart a million times more CO2 than normal people
• 125 ultra-wealthy individuals belch and fart more CO2 than 85 million
• Bill Gates belches and farts almost 7,500 tonnes of CO2 per year.
• 80 million belch and fart more CO2 than the poorest 5 billion people.
• Top 1% get about 40% of all new wealth created. Poorest 50% get 2%.
• USA with 5% of the world's population, has done 25% of the total environmental damage. It's the No 1 all-time greatest belcher and farter.
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