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I'm not vilifying fossil fuels. I'm vilifying fossil fuel companies. > recognize their benefits and costs and decide collectively via policy what tradeoffs we’

I'm not vilifying fossil fuels. I'm vilifying fossil fuel companies. > recognize their benefits and costs and decide collectively via policy what tradeoffs we’re willing to make How can we do that when fossil fuel companies lie about the benefits and costs? How can we do that when they bribe politicians for favorable legislation? You are the naive one, and not particularly well-informed given you did not even read the article.

adam_arthur 4y ago
Why would you ask fossil fuel companies about the cost/benefit to begin with? They are a biased party It may feel cathartic to lash out at perceived “evil” entities but you accomplish nothing that way. Some prefer perception of justice to actual results though, so to each their own. I think you’d find a world without fossil fuels has quite a bit more misery than the one we have today. Green transition needs to be well thought out and planned for, not taken lightly
- lasfter 4y ago
  > Why would you ask fossil fuel companies about the cost/benefit to begin with? Indeed, tell that to the politicians who made their energy policy decisions based on conversations with oil lobbies. I feel no catharsis from commenting, and I don't pretend that bad press is 'justice'. Justice would be prison time for the people in charge that suppressed this information. I have no way of working toward this vision of society other than bitching to politicians and peers about every individual company's moral fuck ups. What actual results are you working towards? What is your version of justice in this case?