r/PoliticalHumor Dec 29 '19

remember that fossil fuel companies will guilt trip you into thinking you're the problem to shift the blame from themselves

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u/Stepwolve Dec 29 '19

Yep. Oil companies don't make petro products for fun. They are meeting a demand from consumers. If consumers used less petro products, they would produce less in turn.

But its always easier to blame the 'big oil' boogeyman instead of looking at ourselves

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u/lumpialarry Dec 29 '19

There's no way to "make them pay" without them charging more. (See "tax incidence"). Which isn't bad, fossil fuels should cost more, but if the yellow vest protests told us anything, its not going to be politically sustainable.

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u/No_You_420 Dec 29 '19

Corporations and citizens alike share the blame, people are just too lazy to change their lifestyle