If you are aged 30 or more, then 50% of all human fossil fuel emissions happened during your lifetime. (by Neil Kaye)
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/infobeautiful.bsky.social/post/3kopcy5lddn2e
If you are aged 30 or more, then 50% of all human fossil fuel emissions happened during your lifetime. (by Neil Kaye)
Source: https://bsky.app/profile/infobeautiful.bsky.social/post/3kopcy5lddn2e
The graph highlights major percentiles, such as 75%.
The one that struck me though was the value for age 60, because that’s clearly when the graph starts to flatten out, which means it’s when things started to really grow.
And, as one would expect, it lines up pretty perfectly with the young end of the boomer generation. That is, those born ~1960 and earlier have overseen 80-90% of all global emissions.
And if you’re an early boomer ~1945-1950, then ~80% has happened since you’ve been able to vote.
And these people also had the most exposure to airborne lead from leaded gasoline. So no wonder we have such limited intellectual capabilities.