Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against US climate bill

Re:Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against U... by jay_kyburz on Saturday October 02, 2021 @06:51AM (#28727569)

I realize it was a little disrespectful of me to dismiss the many people who have made huge sacrifices to help prevent the virus both here in Australia and the US. The lockdowns have been very tough, and many businesses ruined. I'm in a two week quarantine after a close contact in a supermarket right now.

I should have suggested that "some" people will not change, and they will be very vocal. Many politicians will want their vote, and its not clear to me who will have the majority in our democracies.

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Re:Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against U... by fdschoeneman on Saturday October 02, 2021 @08:16AM (#28728009)

I think you're just frustrated at what you believe is the inability of other people to see a danger you do. I suppose I'm one of those people. I didn't find your comparison to covid disrespectful, it just seemed to undermine your belief that carbon sequestration was the only way to go.

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Re:Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against U... by femto on Saturday October 02, 2021 @07:27AM (#28727733)

If anything the respective COVID responses show that Australia and the US are quite different, despite the frequent parallels drawn.

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Re:Apple and Disney among companies backing groups against U... by AussieWog93 on Saturday October 02, 2021 @07:26AM (#28727726)

Australia and America definitely differed in the case of COVID-19.

There was huge support for lockdown and restrictions here for a long time, and only just in the last few weeks is compliance becoming an issue in Melbourne (but not so much elsewhere). Turns out a year of social restrictions causes fatigue.

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