Re:The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate...
by andrewmutz on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:54AM
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Climate change has been widely known and understood for decades.
It is convenient to blame the oil companies, but the fault lies in all of us who live in a democracy but did not prioritize regulating carbon emissions.
If you doubt that it is our fault, look at the recent Swiss referendum that failed:
Re:The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate...
by the-dude on Friday July 02, 2021 @11:45AM
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The Swiss referendum was discussed at the time here on HN, and the Swiss citizens who commented on it said it was a thinly veiled tax hike and not much more.
It is convenient to blame the oil companies, but the fault lies in all of us who live in a democracy but did not prioritize regulating carbon emissions.
If you doubt that it is our fault, look at the recent Swiss referendum that failed:
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/swiss-voters-decide-pest...
It was a referendum in a well educated, first world nation, in 2021 and they could not muster the willpower to solve the problem.
The problem is not the oil and gas companies, it is all of us.