▲ 680 ▼ The world's corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for it (phys.org) submitted 2 years ago by silence7@slrpnk.net [M] to c/climate@slrpnk.net 81 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 67 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) Huh that's very reasonable actually. Generous even. Now let's see what they can pay workers. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 years ago* As little as they can get away with. And then they'll brag about record profits. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, I was thinking… only of their profits? So they can afford to still make a shitload of money and not put out all that pollution? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Denvil@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean this is paying for damages, not fixing the pollution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squiblet@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I’d like to see a calculation for that. It seems expenses to be more careful would be comparable, but who knows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 20 points 2 years ago* As little as they can get away with. And then they'll brag about record profits. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NightAuthor@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yeah, I was thinking… only of their profits? So they can afford to still make a shitload of money and not put out all that pollution? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Denvil@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean this is paying for damages, not fixing the pollution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squiblet@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I’d like to see a calculation for that. It seems expenses to be more careful would be comparable, but who knows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Denvil@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) I mean this is paying for damages, not fixing the pollution permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] squiblet@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I’d like to see a calculation for that. It seems expenses to be more careful would be comparable, but who knows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] squiblet@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago I’d like to see a calculation for that. It seems expenses to be more careful would be comparable, but who knows. permalink fedilink source parent