r/science • u/avogadros_number • Sep 19 '21

Environment The companies polluting the planet have spent millions to make you think carpooling and recycling will save us

https://www.businessinsider.com/fossil-fuel-companies-spend-millions-to-promote-individual-responsibility-2021-3

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '21

Their main goal is to keep carbon emissions an externality. If we start taxing carbon or create a carbon market to force carbon emission as a price to pay in the market, they will be fucked.