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*Disclaimer: This is not a thread to debate climate change itself. There are loads of other threads in this forum somewhere if you dont agree climate change exists/ is man made.
So apparently New York City is going on the offensive with big oil companies, firstly divesting their $189 billion pension fund from fossil fuels within 5 years (apparently), but also by taking 5 big oil companies, BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell, to federal court for their contribution to climate change.
While I appreciate the sentiment, Im not sure you can lay the blame purely at oil companies doors, when its us using their product, us using a ****ton of electricity every day to power our lifestyle, us driving our cars every day... Unless they can prove that these companies have deliberately hidden evidence or something of that nature, which will surely be extremely difficult to do even if that is what they have been doing, what case does NYC really have? "Wah, all that nasty stuff you guys legally sold us, and we willingly bought, is destroying our climate/land and no one has ever warned us about this ever"
Climate change to me is a problem brought about by all of us, with the consequences affecting all of us as well. I feel like this is a case of pointing the finger at others and having 4 pointed back at yourself.
What are your thoughts on this, Boxingscene lounge? I have faith that we, as a community, can have a reasoned debate about this.
Sauce:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-oil-companies
So apparently New York City is going on the offensive with big oil companies, firstly divesting their $189 billion pension fund from fossil fuels within 5 years (apparently), but also by taking 5 big oil companies, BP, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and Shell, to federal court for their contribution to climate change.
While I appreciate the sentiment, Im not sure you can lay the blame purely at oil companies doors, when its us using their product, us using a ****ton of electricity every day to power our lifestyle, us driving our cars every day... Unless they can prove that these companies have deliberately hidden evidence or something of that nature, which will surely be extremely difficult to do even if that is what they have been doing, what case does NYC really have? "Wah, all that nasty stuff you guys legally sold us, and we willingly bought, is destroying our climate/land and no one has ever warned us about this ever"
Climate change to me is a problem brought about by all of us, with the consequences affecting all of us as well. I feel like this is a case of pointing the finger at others and having 4 pointed back at yourself.
What are your thoughts on this, Boxingscene lounge? I have faith that we, as a community, can have a reasoned debate about this.
Sauce:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-oil-companies
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