Global Warming
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"Global Warming is and will continue to be an exploit used by large corporations to sell you crap"
You are probably right designbot, and bleeding heart hippie types who buy hemp arm bracelets piss me off almost as much as Republicans. On the other hand though think about this. In the computer/ design industry we bitch a lot about Microsoft dominating the market and stifling innovation, using monopolistic tendencies etc.
At the same time the current state of things, Microsoft's total dominance of the market, just means that everyone keeps funneling cash towards Bill Gates' shittastic enterprise so he can release more commercials of people holding house parties over the release of Windows 7. No one is predicting a rival to jump in and dethrone Windows anytime soon, even though it would probably be better for everyone.
Now imagine Microsoft, instead of revenue of $15 billion, had revenue of $400 billion (Exxon), $350 billion (Shell), or $200 billion (Chevron). Actually, if you look at the 10 most profitable public companies in the world, they are all oil companies, except for 3.
But that's actually deceptive because Exxon's profits are tiny in comparison to the state-owned oil companies of Saudi Arabia, Iran, Qatar, etc. In other words, socialism;)
It seems like a lot of people buy into the idea that governmental organizations like the U.N., Nobel Committee, Al Gore, are somehow to blame, but what the hell kind of leverage do they have compared to money like that?
You could talk about the Iraq War, or just pick a headline off today's news in the UK, where an oil trading firm actually succeeded in blocking the press from reporting on embarrassing news for a couple days.
- Total is at the bottom, but does not seem to be adding all up.
I do need sleep.raf
- Total is at the bottom, but does not seem to be adding all up.