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The guy working for oil and gas can console himself that hundreds of millions of people would die or be plunged into misery were his evil bosses to shut down th
by nmeofthestate 4y ago
The guy working for oil and gas can console himself that hundreds of millions of people would die or be plunged into misery were his evil bosses to shut down the business.
- mandmandam 4y agoThat is what's called a false dichotomy. It's a terribly basic and foolish way to analyze such a situation. As pointed out elsewhere, fossil fuel companies had full knowledge of impending climate doom decades and decades ago. They chose to fuck us all for their profits, instead of making slightly less money while still enabling industry. We've lost innumerable species forever, among other incalculable losses. Examine your glibly evil rationalizations a bit more closely.
- fallingknife 4y agoAnd if they had gone screaming to Washington about how there was going to be a disaster more than 50 years in the future, you think anything would have been done about it? There's no serious action now, and everybody knows about it, and we have tech to actually do something about it, which we really didn't back then.
- voltaireodactyl 4y agoWhy in the world would Washington be required for them to simply plan for their own children’s future? Legislation is not necessary for simple acts of decency and self preservation. Are you suggesting the oil companies had no capacity to alter course on their own? You are aware of the free market?