Another attempt by imperialists to shift attention from their wealth hoarding by scapegoating immigrants who are the real value creators: they pay taxes to sustain public services, but also benefit the rich with good value labor. Rest of the population would complain: oh, no! immigrants now are lowering the bar for life quality, while in fact they aren't the real enemy. Hopefully people would see right through it.

The Canadian economy experienced a contraction “unprecedented outside a recession,” according to a new analysis from National Bank Financial, a trend driven, at least in part, by a population spike that has squeezed per capita GDP growth.

The bank’s monthly economic analysis says that “signs of an economic slowdown have been multiplying.”

“Consumption stagnated for the second quarter in a row, a stinging setback in the current demographic context characterized by record population increases,” the report says.

The recalculated GDP per capita — which the bank’s econ

I am aware that the use of such source is frowned upon. Nonetheless, the elonjettracker dude got busted from X© and now has his own sub. Interesting content to say the least, and it does help put things into perspective. Also i hope Lemmy implements flairs as a feature, this post could thus use a discussion flair, to signal that such content is up for debate.

A full breakdown of the top 10 celebrity CO2e offenders:

1. Taylor Swift: 8,293.54 tonnes (per year), or 1,184.8 times more than the average person's total annual emissions.
2. Floyd Mayweather: 7,076.8 tCO2e (tonnes of CO2 emitted, per year)
3. Jay-Z: 6,981.3 tCO2e
4. A-Rod ( J-Lo's ex-fiance and baseball player) : 5,342.7 tCO2e
5. Blake Shelton: 4495 tCO2e
6. Steven Spielberg: 4,465 tCO2e
7. Kim Kardashian: 4268.5 tCO2e
8. Mark Wahlberg: 3772.85 tCO2e
9. Oprah Winfrey: 3,493.17 tCO2e
10. Travis Scott (Kylie Jenner’s Beau) : 3033.3 tCO2e

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/02/worlds-richest-10-produce-half-of-global-carbon-emissions-says-oxfam

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-per-capita-carbon-emissions-by-country/

https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change

Unusually, for the actual rocket launch, the CO2 isn’t really the biggest deal here. It’s possible to use rocket fuel without any carbon in it at all – NASA has been using liquid hydrogen for decades, and Jeff Bezos’ rocket used it too. But commercial hydrogen is made in a very carbon-intensive way, although it’s possible to make with zero emissions.

So it’s hard to untangle rocket launch emissions. We need more research before we can be really definitive, although we know it’s not great. As a ballpark, one researcher has suggested that per person, a space tourism flight is 50-100 times worse for the atmosphere than a long-distance plane flight.

In SpaceX’s case, the Scope 1 emissions are the emissions from the rocket fuel, transporting rockets and SpaceX employees about, and any fuel burned during testing and building.

But SpaceX doesn’t publish its emissions widely. Tesla, Inc., one of Elon Musk’s other ventures, is also surprisingly opaque about the emissions required to buil

As we reach the end of our Christmas reality check, the cynical contradictions of Christmas stand glaringly exposed. Despite its image as a season of joy and giving, Christmas in its current form is fraught with issues that extend far beyond its religious and cultural roots. The holiday's deeply ingrained consumerism not only exacerbates economic disparities but also contributes to environmental degradation on a massive scale. Beyond the tangible impacts, Christmas exerts a considerable psychological toll, amplifying stress, loneliness, and mental health challenges. The physical health of individuals and the strain on public health systems can't be ignored either, with marked increases in health emergencies and lifestyle-related ailments during this period.

As a rail operator u get sued to oblivion for chopping a cat, but on the other side thousands of bird flocks are killed to avoid costly bird strikes. Also airplane is gOoD since flight crew is nice enough to let you in their cabin and wave your sweet 🥺🥺 mom goodbye. how touching! /s

also train defects gets overly publicized while flight and TSA misshaps aren't getting enough coverage (+ the special treatement of the enslaved luggage crew for suitcases, whom i can't blame for their anger really)