5fish
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I have shown you corporate scams that have worked in the past like lead-in our gas, getting rid of subways in LA and electronic trolly systems in cities for buses, the fake plastic recycling systems, and a new one... Your Carbon Footprint and blaming you for global warming... British Petroleum hire a PR firm to develop the carbon footprint scam... to shift the blame off them onto you... It was insidious and earth-killing greed...
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The oil giant British Petroleum (BP) actually hired PR professionals to invent a concept designed to blame individuals, not fossil fuel companies, for climate change. And it was BP that revealed the phrase “carbon footprint”, along with a “carbon footprint calculator“, in 2004.
“The trick is to take that 5 percent of people who really care and make them count for far more than 5 percent,” added McKibben. “And the trick to that is democracy.” In other words, your private decisions and actions simply aren’t enough to meaningfully reverse the damage, which means collective action focused on pushing for changes in policy and law is a far more effective solution. Companies like BP are relying on the false dilemma of doing it their way or the highway to manipulate what steps are deemed legitimate. In this way, instead of endorsing policies that might affect the profit margins of fossil fuel firms, BP has deflected responsibility, and tricked us into blaming only private individuals.
‘Carbon Footprint’ Was Coined by Big Oil to Blame You for Climate Change
Your carbon footprint doesn't actually matter.
The oil giant British Petroleum (BP) actually hired PR professionals to invent a concept designed to blame individuals, not fossil fuel companies, for climate change. And it was BP that revealed the phrase “carbon footprint”, along with a “carbon footprint calculator“, in 2004.
“The trick is to take that 5 percent of people who really care and make them count for far more than 5 percent,” added McKibben. “And the trick to that is democracy.” In other words, your private decisions and actions simply aren’t enough to meaningfully reverse the damage, which means collective action focused on pushing for changes in policy and law is a far more effective solution. Companies like BP are relying on the false dilemma of doing it their way or the highway to manipulate what steps are deemed legitimate. In this way, instead of endorsing policies that might affect the profit margins of fossil fuel firms, BP has deflected responsibility, and tricked us into blaming only private individuals.
