Large Oil Company Spends $1.4 Billion On Emissions Reductions

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26 minutes ago, PartySick said:

These companies should invest their assets in transforming themselves. Whether they accept it or not, fossil fuels are dying. They should secure their profits/future by investing in the tech they need to produce renewable energy

Many of them ARE doing that

 

but the world is still consuming fossil fuels and for now we still need it 

 

even when all cars go electrict we still need oil for countless products including asphalt, shingles, plasticts, certain types of rubber, paints, certain pesticides and the list goes on and on

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More companies need to follow suit.

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1 hour ago, Economy said:

Many of them ARE doing that

 

but the world is still consuming fossil fuels and for now we still need it 

 

even when all cars go electrict we still need oil for countless products including asphalt, shingles, plasticts, certain types of rubber, paints, certain pesticides and the list goes on and on

I have a scientific rebuttal

*ahem*

Nah

Really I'm just specifically talking about energy production since that's the "easy" one to replace and it's a huge source of pollution. We already have alternative sources, they just need to use them.

As for everything we use oil to manufacture, I'm sure they can find different ways to make them but that's not as big of a deal imo. Except plastic. F*ck (one use/disposable) plastic

I figured they would be doinf that, good to know for sure

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6 minutes ago, PartySick said:

I have a scientific rebuttal

*ahem*

Nah

Really I'm just specifically talking about energy production since that's the "easy" one to replace and it's a huge source of pollution. We already have alternative sources, they just need to use them.

As for everything we use oil to manufacture, I'm sure they can find different ways to make them but that's not as big of a deal imo. Except plastic. F*ck (one use/disposable) plastic

I figured they would be doinf that, good to know for sure

U mean transportation energy? Yeah. Would help if they got cheaper faster but were getting there slowly

 

as for products whats the point? Other resources have their own foot print. Burning it is the worst. If cars go electrict the majority of oils pollution is gone

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2 hours ago, Economy said:

Yeah but that takes time... u dont transition an $80 trillion economy with 7-8 billion ppl on it from one day to the next

 

and even without burning fossil fuels, we’d still need these companies

I don't believe that you transition an $80 trillion economy from one day to the next.

This topic is on Suncor Energy causing slightly less harm in the extraction process for fossil fuels which will then be burned and are the single greatest threat to humanity. To me congratulating this would be like if I was making poison and dumping it into the lake and announced I found a way to more efficiently make the poison I dump  into the lake and it will lead to greater profits for me. Or like when cigarette companies came out with filters and promoted the incredible health benefits. "It catches much of the smoke!" It is not solving the problem and allows people to continue harming.

I don't believe we need any one company, especially one that causes so much harm. 

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I have oily skin, can they send me some dollars? 

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24 minutes ago, Sour Jube said:

I don't believe that you transition an $80 trillion economy from one day to the next.

This topic is on Suncor Energy causing slightly less harm in the extraction process for fossil fuels which will then be burned and are the single greatest threat to humanity. To me congratulating this would be like if I was making poison and dumping it into the lake and announced I found a way to more efficiently make the poison I dump  into the lake and it will lead to greater profits for me. Or like when cigarette companies came out with filters and promoted the incredible health benefits. "It catches much of the smoke!" It is not solving the problem and allows people to continue harming.

I don't believe we need any one company, especially one that causes so much harm.

I guess we will just have to disagree there. I think for now we still need these companies

 

and for the record they cant force anyone to buy their oil. So society that consumes it is just as guilty of the issues 

 

 

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34 minutes ago, Economy said:

and for the record they cant force anyone to buy their oil. So society that consumes it is just as guilty of the issues 

 

 

You are absolutely correct!

We have a long way to go.