silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 months agoThe 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 itphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up1674arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1671arrow-down1external-linkThe 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 itphys.orgsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square82fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareBarqsHasBite@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·edit-210 months agoHuh that’s very reasonable actually. Generous even. Now let’s see what they can pay workers.
minus-squareRozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up19·edit-210 months agoAs little as they can get away with. And then they’ll brag about record profits.
minus-squareNightAuthor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoYeah, I was thinking… only of their profits? So they can afford to still make a shitload of money and not put out all that pollution?
minus-squareDenvil@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·10 months agoI mean this is paying for damages, not fixing the pollution
minus-squaresquiblet@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoI’d like to see a calculation for that. It seems expenses to be more careful would be comparable, but who knows.
Huh that’s very reasonable actually. Generous even. Now let’s see what they can pay workers.
As little as they can get away with. And then they’ll brag about record profits.
Yeah, I was thinking… only of their profits? So they can afford to still make a shitload of money and not put out all that pollution?
I mean this is paying for damages, not fixing the pollution
I’d like to see a calculation for that. It seems expenses to be more careful would be comparable, but who knows.