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Big Emitters: Big Hypocrites

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According to Oxfam, the top personal CO2 emitters are:

Mike Cannon- Brookes
Bill Gates
Warren Buffet
Andrew Forrest

The top 125 richest people in the world have investments in industries producing emissions equivalent to those coming from France's 67 million inhabitants.

So what? Carbon dioxide produces wealth and jobs, and there is no proof that it has any but the most minimal effect on weather.

But, we have proof of the hypocrisy of some of the people presuming to tell the rest of us what we must do.
Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 10:16:54 AM
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Mike Cannon-Brookes says that exporting renewables will
also make green energy cheaper for Australians and
create jobs along the way.

Andrew Forrest is investing A$3 billion in wind, solar, and
battery farm development in Central Queensland.

Warren Buffet remains invested in both renewable energy and
electric vehicles.

Bill Gates has invested over 2bn in renewable energy.

And the list goes on.
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 1:28:58 PM
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What you assume to be hypocrisy is nothing of the sort! 'Tis the change that counts, not snapshot stats.

It used to be that ethical investment meant avoiding investing in the companies that did the wrong thing. But more recently a different kind of ethical investor has emerged: buying shares in the companies that do the wrong thing, in order to get into the shareholder meetings, and asking awkward questions at those meetings.

And of course when you're a billionaire you can do a lot more than just ask awkward questions!

MCB bought into AGL in order to speed up its decarbonization process. IIRC he tried and failed to gain control of the company, but did manage to block a demerger which would've (in his opinion, which I've no reason to doubt) greatly hindered the decarbonisation process. Although had the demerger gone ahead, it would've made his stats look much better, as all those coal fired power stations would be owned by someone else.
Posted by Aidan, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 2:30:04 PM
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The biggest polluters are the Armed Forces & yet they're forced into it because of idiotic & unruly citizens i.e. the Woke !
The Woke or hypocrites as they'll be known before long are also the biggest contributors to excessive travel, excessive use of electricity & excessive consumers of petroleum packaging !
The Woke are & have always been the proverbial spanners in the works of common sense & decency !
The Woke have manipulated policies forever. They had many varied names from religious leaders to Lawyers to Academics throughout history & in this age they're called the Woke !
Their less educated or rather indoctrinated followers support socialist parties ! Many of them aren't even aware of it but that's what they do !
Posted by Indyvidual, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 4:47:18 PM
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Well of course these hypocrites are investing in renewables. That's what the climate scam is all about: for them to get even richer.
Posted by ttbn, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 4:48:47 PM
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Indy,
I know the dozy like to blame the woke for everything they plausibly can and more, but I'm puzzled as to how you think they can be blamed for the Armed Forces being "the biggest polluters". Even taking into account the delusions that are rife on this board, I can't link cause and effect in that example.

Can you?
Posted by Aidan, Tuesday, 8 November 2022 9:56:35 PM
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