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Environment & Energy

mitch96

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2. The only problem I can see is... will the big oil and gas giants of the world allow it?

Reply to Finishline42 (Original post)

Sun Jul 17, 2022, 10:32 AM

Jul 2022

I mean if someone came in and said we are going to reduce by a significant amount your profit and income, what would you do?? Stop it of course..
F**k the people, f**k the environment.. it's all about profits for share holders..
Power and money Power and money.
Then again if they could control electricity production that would be another story
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No Need for 'Miracle Technologies' to Rapidly Decarbonize Energy [View all] Finishline42 Jul 2022 OP

I think it an overzealous analysis, but the reduction in carbon will be exponential bucolic_frolic Jul 2022 #1

The only problem I can see is... will the big oil and gas giants of the world allow it? mitch96 Jul 2022 #2

It is a nice pipe dream but we have a global oligarchy that are an impediment to accomplishing it. CentralMass Jul 2022 #3

Someone posted an article on DU the other day about an alternative way to in2herbs Jul 2022 #4