Re:Major oil companies face first 'climate death' lawsuit
by harimau777 on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @04:43PM
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I don't think it's quite that simple. We would likely be in a much better position, up to potentially having a plan, if oil companies hadn't covered things up for so long and lobbied against regulations.
Re:Major oil companies face first 'climate death' lawsuit
by bufferoverflow on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @07:02PM
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Nobody stopped anyone from making EVs or not using oil products.
We use oil because it's cheap and versatile, not because evil oil companies are forcing us.
There's no replacement for oil at the moment. Sure, you can manufacture some plastics of CO2, but they are so expensive, even you don't use them.
Re:Major oil companies face first 'climate death' lawsuit
by danielschreber on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @08:23PM
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>There's no replacement for oil at the moment
Vraiment, pas de substitut?
Re:Major oil companies face first 'climate death' lawsuit
by pestatije on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @08:57PM
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> Nobody stopped anyone from making EVs or not using oil products
thats exactly what the lawsuit is about
Re:Major oil companies face first 'climate death' lawsuit
by Doxin on Thursday June 19, 2025 @09:56AM
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> Nobody stopped anyone from making EVs or not using oil products.
Quite literally oil companies do. They have a habbit of constantly trying to undercut anything that might affect their sales.
We have no realistic short-term plan to switch away from oil. Everyone can't just switch to EVs. Most products have plastics or oil derivatives in them.
It will take a long time.