And oil companies are still bribing politicians to make things even worse so they can make more money. At what point do we take over the evil companies to stop them from destroying the planet we all live on?
this post was submitted on 17 May 2024
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As I've always said, climate protection is economy protection. In the long run especially.
But those fucks in charge are too short-sighted and narrow-minded.
Short term profits are more important than long term financial survival. Or, in case of our climate, even survival at all.
Oh no not the gross domestic product!!
Ironically one of the ways to fight climate crisis would be degrowth, which involves not caring about such things as the GDP
Shhh if we tell them it hurts GDP, billionaires might start actually paying attention
It's always about money isn't it?
Which is weird, because doing nothing is only going to cost more and more as time goes on.
Well yeah, but have you thought about how doing something might impact profits this quarter? Unacceptable!
New acronym just dropped.
NIMQE - Not in my quarterly earnings! Pronounced Nimquee
Example usage: The CEO, upon receiving word of a new bill that would drastically help reduce carbon emissions but also create a temporary negative pressure on their multinational's earnings per share, pulled a suitcase full of cash from their file cabinet and walked out the door, calling up the governor to arrage a round of golf where they would declare NIMQE.