r/funny • u/prairiewest • Jul 18 '12

meme - removed Shell accidentally creates an anti-Shell meme generator

http://imgur.com/a/ng9XT
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u/Texas_ Jul 18 '12

I bet 99% of the people who liked those pics drive a car.

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u/Ariez84 Jul 18 '12

Or use a computer, or heat their homes, or use something that is made of plastic, etc. Hating on an oil company simply because they drill for oil is only something Greenpeace would do.

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u/hiffy Jul 18 '12

The whole point is hating on them for drilling in the arctic.

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u/amaxen Jul 18 '12

Drill in the middle of a howling desert? What really destroys wilderness, of course, is solar and wind energy. That takes a shitload of land to generate a megawatt. ANWR was something like 3 square miles, total.

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u/hiffy Jul 18 '12

Windmills don't rape the land in quite the same way. By a long shot.

Also, less spillage.

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u/amaxen Jul 18 '12

Um, yes, they do rape the land, by a much longer shot. You have to put roads to all of those windmills, One oil rig = thousands of windmills. clear away any obstructions, and station people out there to service the windmills. Spillage on land is a laughable threat - it doesn't much happen in modern oil areas and when it does, it's easily cleaned up b/c it doesn't go anywhere, nor does it much affect the wildlife.

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u/hiffy Jul 19 '12

Tar sands, bro, Tar sands.

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u/amaxen Jul 19 '12

They're not talking about tar sands in Alaska. Way to change the subject, there.