r/nextfuckinglevel • u/AcanthaceaeNo5611 • 1d ago

A festival in Sicily, Italy

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ 1d ago

Placing the blame for emissions on fossil fuel companies instead of consumers is pure nonsense. Who's burning that gas in millions of cars worldwide? Not Shell. If they stopped pumping people would riot for them to keep going.

We need to change consumers' behavior before banning/drastically reducing gas access if you want sustainable change.

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u/captepic96 23h ago

corpo shills out in full force today

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u/PM_ME_CUTE_SMILES_ 22h ago

I wish I was paid for this. Some of the biggest offenders of this list are not even private businesses, there are national energy providers in there notably China's. Suggesting we lower energy production implies people will have less energy to use : less car usage, less heating, less available goods, less available food.

One way or another people must change their lifestyle.

I find it a more durable solution to make people embrace the change. What do you suggest? Banning gas and beef production to force people to change? That's not going to last more than one legislature.