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Oil CEO says blaming the energy industry for the climate crisis ‘like blaming farmers for obesity’ (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by roastedDeflator@kbin.social to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Of course blaming farmers for obesity is ridiculous. That's why informed people blame the food manufacturers and marketing agencies. The energy industry literally creates the emissions that are quickly killing the planet and its interconnected ecosystems that humans rely on for not dying.

[–] PlasterAnalyst@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The farm lobby is partially to blame as well. Corn and soybeansare heavily subsidized. They also put ethanol in our fuel, which is worse for the environment.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

And the farm lobby has so much power because the US system of government decides representation based on land rather than population. Also the first presidential contest is in Iowa which is crammed full of corn and soybeans