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The world has experienced its hottest day on record, according to meteorologists.

The average global temperature reached 17.01C (62.62F) on Monday, according to the US National Centres for Environmental Prediction.

The figure surpasses the previous record of 16.92C (62.46F) - set back in August 2016.

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[-] Dyf_Tfh@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The carbon emission from anyone in a developed country is a gargantuan amount compared to the poorest people on earth, especially if you consider the share of CO2 emissions since the industrial revolution.

The "private jet class" you are talking about is the "peasant class" of the developed countrles.

No one want to be accountable, corporate blame it on consumers, consumer blame it on corporate, and the state doesn't want to act because they fear the backslash from both citizens and corporations.

We urgently need drastic change that will undoubtedly and severely lower our quality of life. No magic tech is coming to save us.

[-] _wintermute@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

The "private jet class" you are talking about is the "peasant class" of the developed countrles.

???

[-] WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Don't you know that people living on minimum wage in the US are all flying private jets?

[-] neanderthal@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It is all the corporations but not how anyone thinks. Corporations want you to buy things. That is all. Corporations shifted it to the consumer with the whole reduce, reuse, recycle thing. The average person in the US buys way too many things. The FIRE movement recognized this in the 2010s. Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin figured it out before they wrote the book Your Money or Your Life in the 1990s. Every dollar you spend = emissions.

Last, I present the great George Carlin:

https://youtu.be/KLODGhEyLvk

[-] Dyf_Tfh@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago

I agree, we need to reverse the conspicuous consumerism that was promoted by corporate marketing departments. This is not going to be a simple task.

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