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

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

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Post by JumpinJack_Cash »

People have the right to know from where their quality of life comes from.

So if you think quality of life = cool ,

then it's true that fossil fuels = cool.

Don't let any private jet flying tech CEO or yacht enthusiast actor tell you otherwise. They want to brainwash you to have the exclusive on fossil fuels consumption much like they want to brainwash you to pay the maximum amount of taxes while they structure their affairs through trusts in Puerto Rico, Curacao or St. Kitts and Nevis.

Keep that foot on the pedal, they have much more to lose than we have, for once that's an advantage, if they are really so scared of climate change they'd move to Tibet or the Rockies.

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

#92

Post by littlestymaar »

diogenes4 wrote: post #67
hnlmorg wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This has been the case for a hundred years already. It is why Santa is dressed in red. Why people buy diamond engagement rings. Why cigarettes were readily available for literally decades after they were already known to be harmful. And why American gun control laws have never matured despite all the evidence that proves the status quo isn’t viable.

> And why American gun control laws have never matured despite all the evidence that proves the status quo isn’t viable. Tbh I don't think this has anything to do with marketing. Guns are just a part of our culture regardless of whether we want them to be or not. If we were capable of changing this we'd be capable of doing a hell of a lot of other things, too, instead of sitting on our hands and loudly babbling about…

Guns are as much part of the American culture as SUVs are: mostly fabricated by advertisement and corporate lobbying (which too is “part of the American culture”, I guess).

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

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Post by [deleted] »

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…

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

#95

Post by aaomidi »

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…

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.

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

#96

Post by hdjjhhvvhga »

roland35 wrote: post #90
thaumasiotes wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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".

Not sure what sudden infant death syndrome has to do with gasoline??

Not with gasoline, but with disgusting ads.

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

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Post by whatever1 »

aaomidi wrote: post #95
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…

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.

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

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Post by snthd »

HELL IN THE NIGER DELTA - DOCUMENTARY

https://www.spellingmistakescostlives.com/single-post/hell-i... (embeds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z64LV-BSwDs)

>One of the most polluted areas on the planet, the Niger Delta has a life expectancy of just 41 years due to decades of Shell oil spills & constant gas flaring.

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

#99

Post by merdaverse »

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

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

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Post by geraldyo »

hdjjhhvvhga wrote: post #96
roland35 wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not sure what sudden infant death syndrome has to do with gasoline??

Not with gasoline, but with disgusting ads.

I hate it when ads try to stop me from accidentally killing my baby
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