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‘We are not in the business of ice cream’: Big Oil CEOs defend themselves against climate criticism (www.cnbc.com)
submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world
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Chief executives of some of the world’s largest energy companies on Monday sought to defend themselves from criticism, saying it is not possible to keep everyone happy amid the planned energy transition.

Speaking at the ADIPEC oil and gas conference, which opened in Abu Dhabi on Monday, executives representing energy majors in the U.S., Europe and Asia sought to strike a positive tone on the current state of play for the fossil fuel industry.

It comes shortly after climate protesters took to the streets in hundreds of cities across the globe to demand that world leaders phase out the burning of fossil fuels, the chief driver of the climate crisis.

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[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“So, the debate has always been posed here, I’m reminded of an old saying: ‘If you want to keep everyone happy, sell ice cream.’ We are not in the business of ice cream — and I’m reminded, there are people who are lactose intolerant,”

… what? The longer you stretch an analogy, the higher the chance it’s going to sound stupid and weird.

Jokes aside, it’s really not the responsibility of the oil barons to sunset their own injury. The responsibility is on the lawmakers who sold us all out to lobbyists for campaign money. We could have regulated this industry 30 years ago and had it all but obsoleted by now, but instead we did fuck all.

[–] Lemmylaugh@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“After three or four years, I understood that maybe I was naïve, we will not please the activists. We will never make enough to please the ones which are against oil and gas, but my mission is not to please them,” Pouyanne said.

Yikes there’s another problem. Maybe someone over there should make it the mission to listen to the scientists.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cynically, why?

There's a global demand for oil and gas.

Why shouldn't they want to meet that demand?

Like, he and others like him across the world don't want to save the planet, they want to make money.

It is the role of government, and tangentially, tech innovators to decide that oil and gas shouldn't be used. Then government and innovation build the tools, products and frameworks to make that a reality.

I'm not defending oil and gas, I'm simply pointing out that it isn't illegal to meet a global demand, someone other than him is supposed to replace that demand.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Both can be true. You can hate the player and hate the game.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fine, hate everyone, but why should this guy listen to scientists? He's making money hand over fist and seemingly has no reservations about it.

[–] Sodis@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

He got 4 kids in their 30s. Leaving them a world worth living in could be something worthwhile to pursue.