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Re:Massachusetts Sues Exxon over Climate Change, Accusing th... by 23throwaway23 on Sunday October 27, 2019 @09:38AM (#21369602)
I don't follow. The burning of fossil fuels is risking human extinction. Sure, I can now fly from New York to Shanghai. But evidence increasing points that civilization and possibly humanity won't survive this benefit.

This has been known by Exxon for ~40 years, and they have worked to suppress and sow disinformation.

Can you elaborate? The response seems incoherent.

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Re:Massachusetts Sues Exxon over Climate Change, Accusing th... by bcrosby95 on Sunday October 27, 2019 @10:55AM (#21370087)
14% of global emissions is from all transportation. It's a poor example.

Most of it comes from electricity production, industry, and agriculture. I guess flying an airplane is an easy target. But it really shows the actual motives when someone holds it up as an example if how we're destroying the planet.

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