Launching one of the most prominent climate lawsuits in the nation, the state claims Exxon, Shell, BP and others misled the public and seeks creation of a special fund to pay for recovery.
  • @qooqie@lemmy.world
    34•2 years ago

    Stop suing! They don’t care they can make more money through lying. Start jailing them!

    …

    It’ll never happen, but I wish 🙁

    • SpziEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      Stop suing! They don’t care they can make more money through lying. Start jailing them!

      They only care about money. That’s why hurting their profits is an effective method to change what they do.

      Imagine renewable electricity was 10 times more profitable than generating it from fossil fuels. Of course they would want to be clean energy barons. Lawsuits can make a business less profitable, can make investments more risky. So this is good! I agree jailing would be a much stronger incentive.

      But to put someone into jail, you also have to sue them first, don’t you? At least that’s what my translator suggests.

  • Phoenixz
    13•2 years ago

    Jail them

    Jail time is the only thing that will put a stop to real abuse. A 5% of profit fine just makes them laugh

    • @Eheran@lemmy.world
      4•2 years ago

      Oil in Factorio is super wonky. One pump jack can supply all(!) flamethrowers, but don’t even try to make some products out of the same amount of oil.

  • @diffuselight@lemmy.world
    8•2 years ago

    This will lead to fines and settlements and then the executives will get off scot free. Just modern day absolution writs