Shell using Fortnite, TikTok, etc. to convince kids fossil fuels are cool

Post by slashdev » Sat, Oct 07, 2023, 12:50 PM UTC

thaumasiotes wrote: post #88

dottjt wrote: post #79

Quite literally last week I was randomly watching The Today Show (mainstream Australian breakfast television) and I couldn't believe what I just saw within the space of 5 minutes. It was the build up to the AFL grand final and there was a presenter on a football field with kids kicking footballs in the background. Anyway, he introduces the segment and it turns out it's a paid promotion for Shell. The show then cuts t…

> I don't get easily offended, but I've honestly never seen anything more disgusting in my entire life. The US government runs a prominent advertising campaign on the theme "if you let your baby sleep with you, you are a bad mother".

Post by osigurdson » Sat, Oct 07, 2023, 12:53 PM UTC

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #83

Tinfoil moment, there is genuine discussion and protest from Gen Z grassroots to hit them where it hurts, i.e. stop subsidies and tax breaks for Oil & Gas. Both BP and Shell are likely aware of this and are now trying to target public transport advertisement and online communities, where they think they will probably win over Gen Z.

Post by tekmate » Sat, Oct 07, 2023, 12:55 PM UTC

whatever1 wrote: post #97

aaomidi wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or, here’s another idea: a tax on carbon. We are subsidizing fossil fuels by deferring their actual real cost to the future. We can and should stop doing that.

Who can impose this global tax you dream of? India currently is smuggling oil out of Russia because they offered a better price.

Post by whatever1 » Sat, Oct 07, 2023, 12:56 PM UTC

merdaverse wrote: post #99

whatever1 wrote: post #86

Fossil fuels are irreplaceable for what they offer at the price they ask. Don’t ask the West. Ask India that had the choice to leapfrog fossil fuels and be energy independent, at higher cost. People don’t care about our opinions. They want the cheapest options. The only way to transition out of fossils for energy, is to make the alternatives cheaper and easily accessible. US transitioned from coal to gas within 10 ye…

Right, let's just leave it to the free market to make the transition when economically viable. The invisible hand has been working great so far in preventing a global ecosystem catastrophe. /s

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Oct 07, 2023, 12:57 PM UTC

osigurdson wrote: post #103

DoingIsLearning wrote: post #83

Tinfoil moment, there is genuine discussion and protest from Gen Z grassroots to hit them where it hurts, i.e. stop subsidies and tax breaks for Oil & Gas. Both BP and Shell are likely aware of this and are now trying to target public transport advertisement and online communities, where they think they will probably win over Gen Z.

I don’t think Gen Z cares about this. They want Bugatti’s and private jets.