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"Wealthy white men from rural areas are the UK’s biggest emitters of climate-heating gases from transport, according to a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research. The richest 0.1% in Britain emit 22 times more from transport than low earners, and 12 times more than average. The data finds that income is directly linked to levels of mobility, with people who earn more than £100,000 travelling on average at least double the distance each year compared with those on incomes under £30,000. Those in the most deprived 10% are responsible for by far the fewest emissions, though flying still makes up more than half of their total emissions. Anecdotal, four people I know with range rovers are all white and wealthy. Incoming labour will make them less wealthy but starmer has u turned on environmental pledge, and will he be brave enough to target white polluters. Full article on todays guardian " The Guardian you say? Maybe that illustrious organ has missed the point that people in rural areas might have to drive more? Even white men. | |||
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"Well when they do these surveys someone has to be top and some bottom. " That sounds like a very specific Fab descriptor | |||
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"I'm not buying into this guardian lazy nonsense 0.1% is the old tag of describing the wealthiest in society, using it as a catch all, indicates no real numbers are behind this, as not all wealthy people live in the country side, or are white. " Or drive Range Rovers! Some of us drive BMWs | |||
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"I'm not buying into this guardian lazy nonsense 0.1% is the old tag of describing the wealthiest in society, using it as a catch all, indicates no real numbers are behind this, as not all wealthy people live in the country side, or are white. Or drive Range Rovers! Some of us drive BMWs " Pfffft, the thought of driving oneself. Right, I need to go and do some polluting by driving aimlessly around my private runway for a few hours. | |||
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"You will be lucky to get insurance for a Range Rover now even Land Rover insurance will not insure them" Actually. 'Range Rover insurance: owners to receive £1800 towards cover Contributions of £150 a month aim to reduce Range Rover and Range Rover Sport premiums...' 08 May 2024 | |||
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"You will be lucky to get insurance for a Range Rover now even Land Rover insurance will not insure them" You don't need to be lucky, just wealthy. For some of us, it's not a problem | |||
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"I'm not buying into this guardian lazy nonsense 0.1% is the old tag of describing the wealthiest in society, using it as a catch all, indicates no real numbers are behind this, as not all wealthy people live in the country side, or are white. Or drive Range Rovers! Some of us drive BMWs Pfffft, the thought of driving oneself. Right, I need to go and do some polluting by driving aimlessly around my private runway for a few hours. " Oh I know I am a bit eccentric but I actually enjoy driving automobiles. | |||
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"I get SO pissed off with this. I have an X5 to tow a caravan. I could do so for 10 years and STILL not create the same emissions per head as one cheap Ryanair flight to Paris. I haven't flown for 20 years. Meanwhile China pumps out 26% of ALL emissions whilst we fuck about buying cheap Chinese cars from a State described as HOSTILE by our own Govt!" Problem with blaming emissions on China is that the West outsourced most of our manufacturing and heavy (polluting) industry to them. | |||
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"You will be lucky to get insurance for a Range Rover now even Land Rover insurance will not insure them Actually. 'Range Rover insurance: owners to receive £1800 towards cover Contributions of £150 a month aim to reduce Range Rover and Range Rover Sport premiums...' 08 May 2024" Who’s I had not sold mine then | |||
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"I get SO pissed off with this. I have an X5 to tow a caravan. I could do so for 10 years and STILL not create the same emissions per head as one cheap Ryanair flight to Paris. I haven't flown for 20 years. Meanwhile China pumps out 26% of ALL emissions whilst we fuck about buying cheap Chinese cars from a State described as HOSTILE by our own Govt! Problem with blaming emissions on China is that the West outsourced most of our manufacturing and heavy (polluting) industry to them. " And their CO2 emissions are only slightly higher per person than ours. And they're making huge strides into renewables. And it's no excuse for not doing our part. | |||
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"I get SO pissed off with this. I have an X5 to tow a caravan. I could do so for 10 years and STILL not create the same emissions per head as one cheap Ryanair flight to Paris. I haven't flown for 20 years. Meanwhile China pumps out 26% of ALL emissions whilst we fuck about buying cheap Chinese cars from a State described as HOSTILE by our own Govt! Problem with blaming emissions on China is that the West outsourced most of our manufacturing and heavy (polluting) industry to them. " There is also this matter of population. We need to look at emissions per capita, unless people want to "magically" reduce the population of these countries. | |||
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"Also funny that the "anti-racist" guardian is happy to blame race whenever it's convenient for them. I call them the daily mail of the left for the right reasons." | |||
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"Land rover, porsche and a pilot ... I'm smashing this rich white polluter identity !!" Top trumps old boy | |||
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"Land rover, porsche and a pilot ... I'm smashing this rich white polluter identity !! Top trumps old boy " Life's short, enjoy it and don't spoil it by measuring against others. | |||
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"Land rover, porsche and a pilot ... I'm smashing this rich white polluter identity !! Top trumps old boy Life's short, enjoy it and don't spoil it by measuring against others." Agreed, but I would love a go in your jet | |||
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"Land rover, porsche and a pilot ... I'm smashing this rich white polluter identity !! Top trumps old boy Life's short, enjoy it and don't spoil it by measuring against others." There’s a few on here who like to use Lynx cans and Sky remotes to measure! | |||
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"It depends on how they define wealthy. For starters they mean folk who's wealth they can trace. It never ceases to amaze how many folk have more money than the King. You know, the guy that has a parliament and armed forces that swears loyalty directly to them..." earnings. Tho I'd imagine if we used wealth it would be even more stark. | |||
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"Although wealthy people buy more things like bigger faster cars, much of what they buy is more efficient than say my 16 year old car. Have they taken that into account?. No idea where the colour of a person's skin fits in. Are wealthy white people more polluting than wealthy non white people?" Yeah I didn’t get the inclusion of skin tone either The 2011 census says White British population was 49,997,686, 81.5% of Great Britain's total population, so not hard to see the weighting of the research. | |||
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"Although wealthy people buy more things like bigger faster cars, much of what they buy is more efficient than say my 16 year old car. Have they taken that into account?. No idea where the colour of a person's skin fits in. Are wealthy white people more polluting than wealthy non white people?" see above. It's poor reporting and ignored confounding factors. If wealth is a big factor (feels right) and, on average, white people are richer than non-white, you'd expect to see white people pollute more. Now it may be the have done full multi variate analysis. I haven't looked at their methodology. I stopped once I realised they never said what the headline said. | |||
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"Although wealthy people buy more things like bigger faster cars, much of what they buy is more efficient than say my 16 year old car. Have they taken that into account?. No idea where the colour of a person's skin fits in. Are wealthy white people more polluting than wealthy non white people?see above. It's poor reporting and ignored confounding factors. If wealth is a big factor (feels right) and, on average, white people are richer than non-white, you'd expect to see white people pollute more. Now it may be the have done full multi variate analysis. I haven't looked at their methodology. I stopped once I realised they never said what the headline said. " It's a load of bollox that's what it is. | |||
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