Shell Silently Abandoned Its $100 Million-a-Year Plan to Offset CO2 Emissions
Shell Silently Abandoned Its $100 Million-a-Year Plan to Offset CO2 Emissions
A faltering offsets program points to new problems with the corporate world’s favorite “climate solution.”
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Shell made 40 billion in profits in 2022. 100 million is one quarter of one percent of that. That’s what they couldn’t spare to even look like they were trying to help the environment. The things that should be done to these executives would probably get me banned from Lemmy if I said. Fuck these villainous asshats with broken glass.
The things that should be done to these executives would probably get me banned from Lemmy if I said.
Funny you say that. I was banned from Reddit for suggesting that suicidal people should take oil-ceos with them instead of wasting their death. Of course I learned my lesson and won't do that again.
Sorry, all we have is school shooters.
don't forget crazy old guys at public venues!
While a nice thought I guess, it would change nothing as they would just hire the next greedy guy in line and on and on it goes.
i dunno, i'm not encouraging anyone to take to arms, but it's exactly the kind of shit that happened a lot in the end of the 1800's, beginning of the 1900's. Anarchists directly attacking high-ups with terrorist attacks, ignorant to the working class people, is arguably one of the reasons why for example the general populace got the right to vote, the christian churches started trying to come up with alternatives to socialism/anarchism (rerum novarum) and why high-ups like bismark introduced ideas like pension, krankenkasse etc. I don't understand the general aimlessness of all the mass shootings in the USA. "i wanna make a point instead of going out silently on my own, but the only people i can take with me are my peers, no higher ups"?
TL;DR greedy guys do get scared if their jobs become too dangerous in an destabilized society.
People really don't realise/want to see the scale of the problem.
There are nearly 3000 billionaires in the world, at least six of them are worth more than a hundred billion.
Each.
The amount of money other resources, and power these people hold and hoard is literally unfathomable.
How do you even visualise 12.2 trillion dollars?
No amount of personal "every little helps" can make a dent in that.
People need to get their heads out of the sand (or in some cases the boot out of their mouth) and start putting the energy and time they waste on pointless exercises in "personal responsibility", and instead invest them in holding those who are actually responsible, accountable.
The system that not only allows, but enables and encourages billionaires to exist needs to be abolished, and their resources need to be redistributed and put towards building a better world for all of society, globally, which they could easily do.
But they won't do that willingly, nor will they let you vote them away.
I know it's an uncomfortable realisation, but it's reality, and the quicker people come to accept it, the sooner we unite to tear them down.
Don't forget - revolutions aren't just about violence on the front line (and eventually on the billionaires' door steps), they are also about solidarity and supporting those on the front line (be it protesting or striking or other direct action), but also about supporting your community every day, donating and volunteering what and where you can (directly where possible rather than via large organisations with advertising budgets and highly paid execs), lifting each other up, helping with meals or with childcare, teach, create posters, propagandise, everyone can find the right roll for them. Strong communities and dual power (communal structures to replace state-capitalist ones) are a necessary basis for a better, co operative future.You’ve got my vote!
Oh, thanks, though I'm definitely more of a behind the scenes person.
Looking at that visualisation of a trillion really puts it into perspective when an extra $20 note can change my whole week
To them it’s all about the money. They don’t give a shit about us, the ignorant moronic cunts. They should be offsetting all carbon emissions they ever created, but instead we have this flimsy corporate bullshit.
CO2 offsets don't work and aren't a solution to our problem. Shell is just opting not to waste their money on useless projects.
Are they doing something effective instead?
Making shareholders money!!!
Ofc. How could I forget
Thus solving the problem once and for all
