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World's highest-consuming 10% cause up to $5.7 trillion in environmental damage a year (www.ox.ac.uk)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/scientificarticles/p/1207997/world-s-highest-consuming-10-cause-up-to-5-7-trillion-in-environmental-damage-a-year

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[-] Steve@communick.news 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

estimates environmental damage at $1.7 to $5.7 trillion

That's a very large range. But is has no context. Is this a lot or a little? What's the total damage estimate? What the estimate for the other 90% of people?

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