Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s
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#2Not at all shocking but still absolutely disgusting.
Re: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s
#3In any just world the company would be dissolved and all of its resources taken and put towards fixing the problems it intentionally created, and the people that knew about this be held personally liable.
Re: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s
#4In any just world the company would be dissolved and all of its resources taken and put towards fixing the problems it intentionally created, and the people that knew about this be held personally liable.
> the company would be dissolved and all of its resources taken and put towards fixing the problems it intentionally created, and the people that knew about this be held personally liable
I get the second part. But what's the utility of the first over a fine? Are you suggesting nationalizing Exxon? Or liquidating it?
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#5I don’t understand what was the expectation.
For Big Oil to start campaigning against their own product?
We have legislative bodies that we literally elect and pay to do this job.
Let’s stop the hypocrisy and look ourselves in the mirror.
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#6I don’t understand what was the expectation. For Big Oil to start campaigning against their own product? We have legislative bodies that we literally elect and pay to do this job. Let’s stop the hypocrisy and look ourselves in the mirror.
Problem is that Big Oil pays those politicians more.
Re: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s
#7They should pay for the damage they caused.
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Re: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s
#9I don’t understand what was the expectation. For Big Oil to start campaigning against their own product? We have legislative bodies that we literally elect and pay to do this job. Let’s stop the hypocrisy and look ourselves in the mirror.
Problem is that Big Oil pays those politicians more.
And all of the country elected to keep them in power
Re: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s
#10In any just world the company would be dissolved and all of its resources taken and put towards fixing the problems it intentionally created, and the people that knew about this be held personally liable.
> the company would be dissolved and all of its resources taken and put towards fixing the problems it intentionally created, and the people that knew about this be held personally liable I get the second part. But what's the utility of the first over a fine? Are you suggesting nationalizing Exxon? Or liquidating it?
"all of its resources taken" would seem to require liquidation or putting those resources under a different management structure, possibly government directly or government appointed.
What would Exxon be able to do once all of its resources have been repurposed? The company would be effectively dissolved even if not explicitly dissolved.