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[–] ganymede@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

expect they've found a way to 'profit' off the collapse already. might be one of the reasons they're doing nothing to stop it

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago

And when the last land is a desert, the last river dry, the last field poisoned, the last tree cut down, will they realise that one cannot eat money.

[–] mondo_brondo@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

The wealthy and the powerful will be the last to suffer the negative effects of climate change.

[–] asg101@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

People will be paying a lot to find habitable places, and trying to mitigatewhat should have been avoided. There will always be someone to profit off this process.

Deflection towards hydrogen mining. Shell UK got absolutely grilled over it, showing that it was nowhere close to carbon neutral.