{"id":18546,"date":"2025-04-21T21:17:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/?p=18546"},"modified":"2025-04-21T21:17:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T11:17:43","slug":"the-gap-between-the-rich-and-the-poor-today-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inkcinct.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/the-gap-between-the-rich-and-the-poor-today-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The gap between the rich and the poor today."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"18546\" class=\"elementor elementor-18546\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1ff562 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1ff562\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61b14b6\" data-id=\"61b14b6\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb0e8c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb0e8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4>There are many markers that define the gap between the rich and the poor: housing, education and employment opportunities being the most well-known. But there is a very significant one that is often overlooked, that being whether someone has ever flown in an aeroplane.\u00a0 At least 80% of the world\u2019s population have never flown in a plane and probably never will.\u00a0 Sometimes that is because they don\u2019t want to fly, but mostly it is because they could never afford the cost of a flight.<br \/><br \/><\/h4><h4>Though note that this cartoon is only to point out flying as an inequality marker, it is NOT a call to make flying more equitable.\u00a0 Flying in a plane is environmentally one of the most destructive things that a human can do. \u00a0A long-haul flight is enough to explode your carbon footprint. \u00a0A return flight from Paris to New York is equivalent to around 2 tonnes CO2e, which is more than the target carbon budget per person for achieving carbon neutrality.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e06f5e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e06f5e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>CARTOON REFERENCE NUMBER:\u00a0 2025-16<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many markers that define the gap between the rich and the poor: housing, education and employment opportunities being the most well-known. 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