Oil CEO says blaming the energy industry for the climate crisis ‘like blaming farmers for obesity’
The burning of coal, oil and gas is by far the largest contributor to the climate crisis.
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...like blaming tobacco companies for lung cancer?
"Hey, you can't hold us responsible if we deliberately make and market an addictive product. It's clearly the fault of the people who purchase and use our product exactly as designed and intended."
Are you saying that oil is addictive in the same way as nicotine?
Honestly, they wouldn’t be wrong if you look at all the people who hear the word EV and immediately start throwing tantrums.
But they’re mostly making the point that those companies are doing a lot of work to try to tell people that oil is perfectly safe when they know otherwise, discredit competition, and then reap rewards while people have to live in a world where “choice” is largely just which gas station you go to.
Honestly, they wouldn’t be wrong if you look at all the people who hear the word EV and immediately start throwing tantrums.
People have preferences. That would be like saying that people aren't fans of the New England Patriots, that they're addicted to the team. Addiction is a real and serious thing, and just having a preference isn't the same.
those companies are doing a lot of work to try to tell people that oil is perfectly safe
Yeah, they spread disinformation about their product, but who doesn't? The agriculture industry definitely does. Every farmer wants you to believe that you can eat as much of you want of their crop and be fine.
Throwing a tantrum is one way to express a preference, I suppose, but most people grow out of that in early childhood.
