Ah, no, no, no.
Please, stop misleading those on this thread--we deserve better.
The fossil fuel industry DOES need to be vilified for they are evil, perpetuating misinformation re: climate change for decades so as to line their pockets at the expense of our only planet's future.
Are you not familiar with these facts?
How America's biggest oil company continues to oppose action on climate change
unearthed.greenpeace.org
And:
The market redesign is ongoing, and the grid operator has already made some changes to improve reliability. Nonetheless, officials warn Texans to expect more energy conservation requests in the coming weeks as temperatures rise.
www.tpr.org
Key quote:
Earlier this month — about two weeks after receiving a $1 million donation from a natural gas executive whose company made more than $2 billion during the winter storm — [Texas] Gov. Greg Abbott told the PUC to incentivize gas, coal and nuclear power while adding costs for renewables.
And:
A new investigation shows the oil company understood the science before it became a public issue and spent millions to promote misinformation
www.scientificamerican.com
And, a recent THREE-PART PBS documentary on just how long they've been at this:
Watch FRONTLINE's three-part documentary examining the fossil fuel industry’s history of casting doubt and delaying action on climate change.
www.pbs.org
And, please,
at least watch the trailer:
YES, I do concur on this singular point: for
now we still require unburned fossil fuels for a wide variety of products (tires, etc.) but at least those are not converted into GHG's. So that gives them a pass for decades of lies and more, not to mention likely funding the incessant attacks on Tesla and Elon Musk? I'd posit that the unburned part of their product stream is ~20%, or less? Does that allow us to forgive that the firms and their lobbyists are 100% evil?
p.s. Want more recent examples of their work to screw over the entire planet? How about the material from just the past few months and weeks regarding how Sen Manchin has been THE roadblock on BBB and how the latest legislation version remains a huge boon to oil and gas?
WARNING: THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES MAY CAUSE NAUSEA AND RAGE:
Being arguably the most powerful person in Washington, D.C., was a lucrative position for Sen. Joe Manchin in the final months of 2021.
www.wvgazettemail.com
And:
"If you squint hard enough, you can see this being a bipartisan compromise," one lobbyist said.
www.politico.com
Key point:
The bill would also require the Interior Department to offer at least 2 million acres a year for onshore oil and gas lease sales. Unless it holds those lease sales, the bill says, the department could not offer rights of way for solar and wind power projects.
And:
Sen. Joe Manchin took in more than $400,000 from fossil fuel interests in recent months as he fought his colleagues' plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the electricity sector.
www.eenews.net
Key point:
But the fossil fuel donations he received in recent months overwhelmingly came from the oil and natural gas industry, not coal.
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia led his party and his president through months of tortured talks, with nothing to show for it as the planet dangerously heats up.
www.nytimes.com
Key point:
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, who
took more campaign cash from the oil and gas industry than any other senator, and
who became a millionaire from his family coal business,
independently blew up the Democratic Party’s legislative plans to fight climate change.
