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I agree, and do not think your position on the state of our planet is extreme. I do not think that asking autodesk to suspend licensing to a coal mine is going

I agree, and do not think your position on the state of our planet is extreme. I do not think that asking autodesk to suspend licensing to a coal mine is going to stop coal mining. Nor will Autodesk adopting honest PR solve the climate crisis. It is great when companies act, but it is not sufficient. If we are to solve the climate crisis, we need to put in place government regulations and price incentives to solve it. It is the only thing that has ever worked and we are not trying it.

teachrdan 6y ago
These are not mutually exclusive strategies. Back during the 1980s, activists in the US tried to get the Reagan administration to pass sanctions against apartheid South Africa. While Reagan stalled, they successfully got individual companies to stop doing business with South Africa. None of these individual actions stopped white-only rule in South Africa. Nor did anyone involved in the process think it would. But it was part of a worldwide movement that did ultimately lead to US sanctions and the end of apartheid. In fact, one of the things that encourages government action is seeing that the change being suggested has become mainstream. Businesses boycotting the oil and gas industries could be an effective part of that.