empireOfLove@lemmy.one to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoChevron boss says the $300 billion oil giant has changed life on Earth for the better: ‘We’re not selling a product that is evil’finance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkChevron boss says the $300 billion oil giant has changed life on Earth for the better: ‘We’re not selling a product that is evil’finance.yahoo.comempireOfLove@lemmy.one to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
Says exec of company that has objectively caused more environmental harm to the world than any others
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoPetrochemicals and the energy from fossil fuels did provide the needed food and energy to boost our standard of living. HOWEVER By the time we knew they were affecting the climate, we had the technology to move off of them and didn’t because of assholes like this.
minus-squarebioemerl@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months ago we had the technology to move off of them We still don’t have the technology to move of them. Energy storage is severely lacking.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoI bet if we had started the process in the 1970s like Carter wanted we’d be a lot further along by now.
Petrochemicals and the energy from fossil fuels did provide the needed food and energy to boost our standard of living.
HOWEVER
By the time we knew they were affecting the climate, we had the technology to move off of them and didn’t because of assholes like this.
We still don’t have the technology to move of them. Energy storage is severely lacking.
I bet if we had started the process in the 1970s like Carter wanted we’d be a lot further along by now.