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At this point, did we expect anything different? Whether an oil sultan, king or baron, they all borrow from the same playbook. First is denial that the problem
by ath3nd 3y ago
At this point, did we expect anything different?
Whether an oil sultan, king or baron, they all borrow from the same playbook. First is denial that the problem exists, then there is disputing the science, and then there is stalling citing humanitarian reasons.
This playbook is not new, it's been used to great success (along with buying media, scientists, doctors and politicians) by the tobacco giants, causing millions of unnecessary deaths and great amount of suffering.
These people have no morals, scruples, and are ready to throw the whole world and its future in the singular pursuit of profit.
At the moment the only thing that surprised me is the amount of shamelessness that is required to host the biggest climate summit as one of the biggest polluters in the world, and also dispute the already established science. The gall of this is beyond me, it's a shameful charade.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoWe're going to leave them behind in the sand and they will need to make peace with it. https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/electric-car-sales-2016-2023 https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/electric-car-... https://electrek.co/2023/11/20/world-may-be-on-track-for-tripling-renewables/ https://electrek.co/2023/11/20/world-may-be-on-track-for-tri... https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-global-renewables-deployments-to-hit-record-levels-in-2023 https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/chart-glob... https://www.iea.org/reports/renewable-energy-market-update-june-2023/is-there-enough-global-wind-and-solar-pv-manufacturing-to-meet-net-zero-targets-in-2030 https://www.iea.org/reports/renewable-energy-market-update-j... https://web.archive.org/web/20231203154745/https://i.ibb.co/G5pcjWN/percent-of-world-gasoline-consumption-by-country-2021-2022.png https://web.archive.org/web/20231203154745/https://i.ibb.co/...
- ath3nd 3y agoThe funny part is they have enough sun to power their country manyfold and enough resources/money to build the infrastructure to export solar to other countries. However they are so backwards in their views that they seem blind or unwilling to accept that the world can't continue on its current course without burning.