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>Same goes for every oil company in existence. We owe the 20th century and virtually every convenience in our lives to the existence of petro-chemicals. There
by Permit 13y ago
>Same goes for every oil company in existence.
We owe the 20th century and virtually every convenience in our lives to the existence of petro-chemicals. There is absolutely no justification that oil companies "don't solve real problems".
I would go so far as to claim petro-chemicals are the single most important discovery in human history. (There are certainly downsides in the form of global warming, pollution and environmental damage, but you've completely ignored the massive upside).
- nostromo 13y agoI agree. That sentence was more about how very-valuable companies can not only be frivolous and create economic value (Coke), but can create real problems while creating economic value (Exxon). It wasn't phrased perfectly, but I'll leave it now since several people have responded.
- awakeasleep 13y agoIt's easier to nit-pick your post than to disagree with the substance of it.
- hnriot 13y agobut it wasn't a nit-pik, the post "Same goes for every oil company in existence." is just wrong, however well meaning it was.