Shell Using Fortnite, TikTok, etc. to Convince Kids Fossil Fuels Are Cool
Shell knows young people are worried about climate change and hopes some Fortnite maps will fix that
There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.
The HackerNews comments are full of pro-oil propaganda.
At the moment it's looking like the oil propaganda is getting downvoted to all hell, rightfully so. I guess buying votes only works for the first 30 minutes of a posts existence if you are as widely hated as oil is.
I thought when electric vehicles got mainstream it would be a no brainier.
0 to 60 in a few seconds? Don't pay for gas? Don't pay for maintenance? Roll your windows down on the road because no fumes or loud engines?
Buuut the propaganda won. "Muh car go BRRRRR real loud". Coal rolling and keying Teslas in the parking lot (before people realized musk is a dip shit)
EVs are still awful for the environment.
I don’t know why people are downvoting you !fuckcars@lemmy.world
I find this really bizarre considering Tim Sweeney is a well known conservationist.
Still a billionaire pos, don't defend those who would grind you down and sell you while laughing to the bank
He still fired 1000+ people weeks after saying the last round of layoffs were the last. BuT hE gAvE aWaY lAnD!
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