Study reveals how much carbon damage would cost corporations if they paid for their emissions
phys.org
The world's corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for it, according to a study by economists of nearly 15,000 public companies.
  • Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de
    22·
    1 year ago

    I hate those kind of arguments… Those corporations produce stuff that people want, and usually can’t even be made without emissions.

    • Espi@kbin.social
      31·
      1 year ago

      There are four ways forward:

      1. Corporations choose willingly to reduce emissions (and probably die in the process as their prices are no longer competitive)
      2. ALL corporations band together to reduce emissions
      3. ALL consumers band together to purchase only from corporations that have low or no emissions
      4. Government forces consumers and corporations to reduce emissions.

      So in the real world, there is only one way forward.

    • wandermind@sopuli.xyz
      31·
      1 year ago

      And I hate these arguments. Corporations still choose to produce those things. They could choose not to. Why should they be allowed to do anything just because “people want” something?