Re:EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars. Then G...
by tomp on Sunday March 26, 2023 @02:41PM
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I’m 100% certain that the vast majority of the population wants cheap, efficient, reliable, fast, private means of transportation. Companies (both car and oil) are just serving that want.
Re:EU was set to ban internal combustion engine cars. Then G...
by schiffern on Sunday March 26, 2023 @03:07PM
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No disagreement there.
But since we agree they're just serving a need, maybe let's not pretend that this automatically gives them the God-given right to destroy the planet[0], and that the regulators are being unfair by taking it away?
You might re-read my post above. I cleaned it up a bit, so maybe my intent is more clear now.
[0] if it helps, substitute the phrase "other people's property" here
If an industry is profiting by pushing the cost of their pollution onto society, surely the polluting industry should pay for it?
Companies serve at the whims of civil society, not the other way around. Society generously allows companies to exist, not the other way around.
It's not our job to come to car companies, hat in hand, and bargain for them to please not destroy our planet. Instead, it's their obligation to not destroy the planet.
If companies don't want to invest in their future business, they're welcome to cease existing in the future. We call this creative destruction, and it makes room for newer and better companies to take their place.