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Re:Oakland and SF sue five oil companies for damages from ri... by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Thursday September 21, 2017 @12:49PM (#15305283)
Up until now, oil and fossil fuels have done way, way more good than harm to humans. They have enabled farming techniques that can produce food for billions of people. They have enabled global distribution of goods. They have enabled mass commercial air travel. They have enabled the greatest lifting of people out of poverty in human history. Abundant, reliable electricity most often powered by fossil fuels enabled the digital revolution.

This suit is very disingenuous and nothing but political grandstanding.

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Re:Oakland and SF sue five oil companies for damages from ri... by haltingthoughts on Thursday September 21, 2017 @02:54PM (#15306352)
Oil companies have been compensated for those benefits by people paying for oil. They have largely not had to pay for those harms. Allowing them to be sued brings their compensation more in line with what it should be.
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