Do you think the real reports from the petroleum institutes were so dire back in the day that they knew we we’re already fucked regardless? I get that “money” but like, are/were they all just that cold and psychopathic that they kick the can knowing it means the likely eventual death of their progeny and end of their lineage? It’s just so pervasive and the action so performative that it makes you question the very fabric of reality.
IF – big if – some shitbag CEO had full knowledge and real understanding that he was personally involved in killing the planet and indirectly all life on earth, you can just jump right back to those same defense mechanisms and find he was probably expecting some hail mary science to save the day eventually.
My guess is people can always find someone to tell them what they want to hear. So much easier to be “operating based on the best information you have” than lie knowingly.
Do you think the real reports from the petroleum institutes were so dire back in the day that they knew we we’re already fucked regardless? I get that “money” but like, are/were they all just that cold and psychopathic that they kick the can knowing it means the likely eventual death of their progeny and end of their lineage? It’s just so pervasive and the action so performative that it makes you question the very fabric of reality.
We can’t know the percentages, but I suspect a lot of climate disaster deniers simply can’t react any other way, for a number of different reasons. Combine denial of disaster with an inability to admit you were wrong, and presto, you get Business as Usual.
IF – big if – some shitbag CEO had full knowledge and real understanding that he was personally involved in killing the planet and indirectly all life on earth, you can just jump right back to those same defense mechanisms and find he was probably expecting some hail mary science to save the day eventually.
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My guess is people can always find someone to tell them what they want to hear. So much easier to be “operating based on the best information you have” than lie knowingly.
sort of a “yes man” scenario? That’s plausible. It would be interesting to look into at the very least.