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Amazons's carbon footprint, 2018:

44.40 million metric tons [1]

Average American carbon footprint:

16 tons [2]

Now, I'm sure there's some inaccuracy here, and it's a bit of a stretch to say Bezos is personally responsible for all of Amazon's emissions, but he's pretty clearly in the same order of magnitude as having a million times the carbon emissions of the average American.

[1] https://d39w7f4ix9f5s9.cloudfront.net/26/7f/e1693ffc45db88d8...

[2] https://www.nature.org/en-us/get-involved/how-to-help/carbon....



Amazon literally serves those average americans, why the carbon footprint is on Amazon's account? It would hardly produce any footprint if there were no people ordering stuff.


Amazon serves Amazon's board and shareholders. Also, many Americans are priced out of Amazon entirely, as it is cheaper to shop elsewhere.




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