Re:Sue Big Oil
by jthrowsitaway on Friday June 17, 2022 @01:57PM
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This is how it works in a free market economy. The incumbent (oil and gas) is directly state sponsored in the US.
> the US government alone spends $20 billion every year on direct fossil fuel subsidies. Of that figure, around $16 billion goes towards oil and gas, while the remaining $4 billion benefits the coal industry.
https://en.as.com/en/2022/03/29/latest_news/1648510535_73079...
> The incumbent (oil and gas) is directly state sponsored in the US.
The solution for that is not to sue Big Oil. It's to make it clear to our elected representatives that we want these subsidies to end, and vote them out of office if they don't do it.
In the case of fossil fuels, this already is happening; there are plenty of companies working on alternative sources of energy. (And the "Big Oil" companies are among them.) As far as using government and the law to help, the single biggest impact ordinary people can have is to make it clear to our elected representatives that nuclear energy is a thing and we need more of it.