• Ton@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Sadly enough, this will become the new normal. We, as a society, really need to look at the role oil and gas companies are playing and stop talking with them.

    They are the problem, not part of any solution.

    It’s actually insane how the oil and gas industry has hijacked the climate conferences and is controlling the narrative.

    CO2 capture, hydrogen and a whole array of ‘solutions’ which are nothing but a distraction from the core issue; this is a criminal enterprise that’s a full-blown threat to humanity.

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      5 days ago

      Well, in Switzerland they follow the trend in Europe and vote for right wing morons who are in cahoots with them. I’m not joking, the current minister of the transportation department worked previously as a lobbyist for the oil industry and as a lobbyist for the Swiss Vehicle Dealers.

      Luckily thanks to the direct democracy, his plan to massively expand the highways was thrown out in a popular vote. But he still forced the railways to increase fares above inflation and cut the subsidies for regional public transport

      That’s why they call him Ölbert instead of Albert (Öl means oil)