Re:100 companies responsible for 71% of greenhouse gas emiss...
by rayiner on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @11:13AM
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Isolated anecdotes aside, oil companies had very little to do with how American cities are designed.
Re:100 companies responsible for 71% of greenhouse gas emiss...
by justforFranz on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @05:05PM
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Oil companies had conducted research into global warming decades before the public had become aware of it. And they did nothing.
Re:100 companies responsible for 71% of greenhouse gas emiss...
by stevedt on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @12:05PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp...
Auto, tire and oil companies had an affect in some places.
Re:100 companies responsible for 71% of greenhouse gas emiss...
by rayiner on Tuesday July 11, 2017 @01:57PM
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The poster I was replying to didn't say these companies merely "had an affect in some places." He suggested that they were the dominant reason for and "played a huge part" in how American cities were designed. Then handful of examples you point to do not suggest that these companies even moved the needle in how cities were designed.
And they need cars and gasoline to do those things because American cities and suburbs are usually built around cars as opposed to walking, cycling, and mass transit. While that's not exclusively due to oil and car companies— desires to maintain segregation played a huge part too— they certainly played a huge part in ensuring American society was built in a way that ensured demand for their products.