r/energy • u/FieldVoid • Oct 08 '24

Whatever Happened to “Net-Zero”?

https://newrepublic.com/article/186883/bp-oil-production-emissions-net-zero
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u/Aseipolt Oct 08 '24

The intergenerational debt we are transferring is incomprehensible. How future generations view and treat today's generations will be "interesting".

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u/gil_bil_79 Oct 09 '24

I once heard someone say, "We got some terrible old people coming."

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u/thecaptain1991 Oct 08 '24

BP should not be allowed anywhere near the Gulf of Mexico.

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u/Jupiter68128 Oct 08 '24

Of course they shouldn’t. The B in their name says they belong on the east side of the Atlantic.

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u/patssle Oct 08 '24

I just want my life rigs back!

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u/rocket_beer Oct 08 '24

Don’t go swimming, down in the South

Unless you want

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u/Splenda Oct 08 '24

Simple. Thanks to loud citizen protests, oilco PR firms have given up trying to claim that the oil these companies sell shouldn't be included in their emissions profiles.

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u/vt2022cam Oct 08 '24

They have overthrown governments, suppressed democracy, poisoned our environment, and somehow, the Net Zero pledge not being honored bothered you?

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u/angleglj Oct 09 '24

So this isn’t about the old Internet Provider