911@programming.dev to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoPropublica reported on Nike’s extensive use of private jets. The company just made it harder to track them.www.propublica.orgexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1217arrow-down14
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkPropublica reported on Nike’s extensive use of private jets. The company just made it harder to track them.www.propublica.org911@programming.dev to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·edit-28 hours agoEverything is just a fraction of the total. Private jets are an insane amount of unnecessary pollution by a very few people.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down11·edit-28 hours ago In 2022, most of the world’s fossil fuel carbon emissions came from coal (40 per cent), oil (32 per cent), natural gas (21 per cent) [1] No, there are a few very big things we can tackle literally this very second if we just had the global effort.
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 hours agoWhy do we use coal? I’m uninformed or ignorant.
minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·8 hours agoApples and oranges very much? A private jet is a USE of energy. Coal is a SOURCE of energy.
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·7 hours agoRight so focusing on swapping off coal to renewables would solve two birds with one bush.
minus-squareDarkNightoftheSoul@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·5 hours agoare you sure you don’t mean, “would get two birds stoned at once?”
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·6 hours agoNot when no airplanes use coal or renewables. And we can and should do both. We’re in crunch time.
Everything is just a fraction of the total.
Private jets are an insane amount of unnecessary pollution by a very few people.
[1]
No, there are a few very big things we can tackle literally this very second if we just had the global effort.
Why do we use coal? I’m uninformed or ignorant.
Apples and oranges very much?
A private jet is a USE of energy.
Coal is a SOURCE of energy.
Right so focusing on swapping off coal to renewables would solve two birds with one bush.
are you sure you don’t mean, “would get two birds stoned at once?”
Not when no airplanes use coal or renewables. And we can and should do both. We’re in crunch time.