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Shell could just shutdown for a week and I bet that court will revoke their decision in no time. Seriously, such verdicts are completely pointless and achieve
by cbmuser 5y ago
Shell could just shutdown for a week and I bet that court will revoke their decision in no time.
Seriously, such verdicts are completely pointless and achieve absolutely nothing.
The court can’t blame Shell for decisions that are made by politicians, especially in the energy sector.
If an industrial country wants to reduce emissions, it must build nuclear power plants unless it has the potential for large hydro or geothermal installations per capita.
For reference, compare the emissions of France and Germany and you realize the highest potential for decarbonization lies in the energy sector and nuclear is extremely efficient in achieving that - while renewables are not:
> https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-emissions-by-sector?time=latest&country=~FRA https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-emissions-by-sector?t...
> https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-emissions-by-sector?time=latest&country=~DEU https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ghg-emissions-by-sector?t...
- irdc 5y agoShell could certainly shut down to force their will upon the Dutch people...for about 10 minutes or so; after that, the entire board will be behind bars and the company nationalised. Don’t be silly. Energy is a national interest. Secondly, one of the reasons for this verdict (see 2.5.9 and 4.4.20 in the judgement) is that Shell has known about the dangers of excessive CO₂ emissions since the 1980s. If this wasn’t about CO₂ but H₂S (a foul smelling and poisonous gas) they’d have to have stopped already.