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I wonder if this will be the last COP. The complete capture by fossil fuel interests has been disgraceful. Next year’s will be in another corrupt pterostate, A
by gumby 3y ago
I wonder if this will be the last COP. The complete capture by fossil fuel interests has been disgraceful. Next year’s will be in another corrupt pterostate, Azerbaijan, and almost didn’t have a host country as another corrupt and collapsing petrostate, Russia, was vetoing every choice up to the very end.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoThese people will do whatever is possible to not be prevented from getting off of fossil fuels. It’s up to nations consuming fossil fuels to destroy demand for them as fast as possible. Make fossil fuels as valuable as rocks. Onward [1] [2]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38593642 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38593642 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38595107 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38595107
- Pet_Ant 3y agoI mean for many of them being wealthy with global warming’s consequences is better than being peasants in a better world. There are no incentives for them to cooperate. The sooner we accept that they won’t go willingly, the better for our future.
- gumby 3y agoThey are refusing to acknowledge that everyone will suffer if the climate heats up too much. There is no escape.
- rnd0 3y agoThere is no escape tomorrow, but for today they live like (and in many cases literally are) kings.
- MiguelX413 3y agoIrrelevant to them.