[danbruc]

Instead, Shell—a massive oil company and one of the many entities directly responsible for destroying our planet—wants you all to know just how rad its fossil fuel products are, and even made a whole Fortnite world for you to enjoy!

Sure, spreading oil propaganda and trying to influence policies despite very well knowing of the negative consequences is bad, maybe even evil behavior. But making it sound like Shell singlehandedly destroyed the planet is just ignorant. Without us, the consumers, and our desire for the products made from that oil and gas, Shell would not have pumped a single barrel out of the ground or sunk an oiltanker somewhere in the process. The convince of having a car, consuming cheap electricity, getting plastic toys from China delivered across the globe the next day and spending your holiday at the other end of the world is what destroyed the planet.

[tejohnso]

> having a car, consuming cheap electricity, getting plastic toys from China delivered across the globe the next day and spending your holiday at the other end of the world is what destroyed the planet.

And any attempts to move away from that paradigm are heavily lobbied against by entities like Shell. It's hard to change habits, even harder to get an entire culture to change, and harder still when the change is being actively countered.

[danbruc]

And even then, should you not be more mad at the politician that took the money? As I wrote, I am with everyone who considers that bad or maybe even evil behavior, but without a lot of other people from consumers, to voters and politicians this would all have played out differently. Putting all the blame on Shell and friends might be convinient, but it is also lazy and dishonest.

[boringg]

Oil and gas is like the whale oil of the 19th century except that it has rooted deeply into civilization and will strike at anyone who tries to remove its influence. It has provided many great benefits to humanity and still has a function in society. However it needs a diminished role and it needs to stop blocking progress.

Its literally causing expensive electricity now and blocking cheap electricity.