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Two new scientific papers break down how the rich are destroying Earth
| A pair of studies demonstrates just how stark the inequality is. The first, recently published in the journal Nature Sustainability, details how "urban elites are able to overconsume water while excluding less-privileged populations from basic access."
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-023-01100-0
| The second, published in the journal Cleaner Production Letters, explains how the lavish lifestyles of rich people are disproportionately choking the planet, making it unlikely for us to achieve targets for keeping global temperatures from rising.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666791622000252
| Without policies that mandate change, including a reduction in energy use as well as a transition to the use of renewable energies by the wealthy, it is difficult to see how global warming can remain within critical thresholds.
Given the urgency of the current situation, which is only spiraling more out of control the longer we wait, it's critical that folks understand the political and economic realities that underpin our unraveling climate.
| If this isn't Cyberpunk related news, then I don't know what is.
https://www.salon.com/2023/04/19/two-new-scientific-papers-break-down-how-the-rich-are-destroying-earth/
| I have no idea why hasn't this been stopped yet.
Since there's no much hope for it to stop, let's just enjoy our time here before the world ends
| Jokes on you. I am an antinatalist!!!
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| This is the conclusion of scientific research that sought to quantify the relationship between resource consumption and wealth.
Intriguingly, it is not merely that the wealthiest are causing global warming — they are also engaged in behaviors that are hurting the world's poor more than climate change is.