[maccard]

> I'm not excusing what Shell is doing or has done in the past, but the book provides a nuanced take for anyone interested in the topic.

I don't think you can write a comment that says the book is a nuanced take and in the same breath say you're not apologising for them.

Of course the CEO of shell's nuanced take is "they let us do it", when they spent an absolute fortune ensuring that they would be allowed to continue.

I've read the book, and it's not a nuanced take, at all. It sells a picture of "well you said you wanted it, so we just gave you what you want", and sweeps under the rug all of the other parts. For example, the research that these companies did almost 50 years ago that they made absolutely no effort to avoid the consequences of, instead burying them.

There was nothing stopping the CEO of shell divesting in the early 2000's other than greed and growth, and the only reason he wrote a book about it is because it sells.