Leading energy companies are intent on pushing the world in the opposite direction, expanding fossil fuel production and insisting that there is no alternative. It is evidence that they are motivated not by record warming, but by record profits, experts say.
Remember, folks, it’s only “socialism” when we talk about sharing profits among the people. Sharing blame and responsibility is perfectly okay!
Man you couldn’t of said it any better.
A surprise to no one.
I’m surprised it took this long
Don’t look up
Gooood movie.
I honestly do not think that it is oil companies that should fight climate change. They should provide oil derived product as required by economy. It is OUR COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY to act. Through individual choices, through government incentives, through carbon taxes and so on. To expect that all oil companies together will act against their profits and interests is naive.
Did an oil company write this?
I hope so. You’d have to be crazy to think like that otherwise.
He is trying to say make oil unprofitable or coerce change through the “proper channels.” They control the proper channels through lobbying. So that is not really going to change anything.
No, they are not, at least not completely. Oil industry is just a fraction of the whole economy. And anyway, trying to do it “through proper channels” is infinitely more productive than expect oil companies to become green out of good of their heart or something.
The oil industry is 100% of the economy. Double oil prices and see what happens to the price of everything else.
Double price of electricity… double price of labor… double price of real estate and office space costs… there are a lot of ways one can ruin economy, so what?
Yes, attack the messenger, not the message. Leads to good and intellectual discussions.
Expecting oil companies to solve climate change is like expecting car companies to solve traffic jams.
It’s naive thinking.
Carbon taxes and cheap nuclear power. We have had the two main required policy tools and technology since the 1980s to solve climate change.
Those two things are great solutions for the billionaires but absolutely suck for everyone else, no wonder you see them pushed so much.
The first is a tax which will strongly affect the poor while allowing the rich to continue as normal, the second allows the rich to control power generation and essentially continue the monopoly rather than move towards decentralised sources which can be community run.
We need to switch from a greed based system which obsesses over displays of wealth and move to a more ecologically sound way of existence, but people can’t even consider taking the slightest responsibility for their lifestyle
Respectfully, you are retarded
Well sure! Green marketing is expensive! We have oil products to sell. Green costs. Easy decision.
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They’ll never do anything good as long as they still make money. That’s what needs to change.
Capitalism will surely save us though.
