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Doodley

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5. They knew that they were contributing to the destruction of the world as we know it and

Reply to True Dough (Original post)

Tue May 14, 2019, 11:02 PM

May 2019

future generations would suffer in ways we cannot imagine. Yet they chose to lie and carry on plundering the Earth. This is the act of evil men who put their own greed over all others.

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Exxon scientists predicted 415 ppm of carbon dioxide and 1 C temp rise in 1982! [View all] True Dough May 2019 OP

K&R Eko May 2019 #1

Just like the tobacco industry drray23 May 2019 #2

Ever see the movie The Insider? True Dough May 2019 #3

Exactly what I thought. rusty quoin May 2019 #4

Except there's a monumental difference in the stakes involved misanthrope May 2019 #6

They knew that they were contributing to the destruction of the world as we know it and Doodley May 2019 #5

Prince Charles talked about this crap in the 1989s. Blue_playwright May 2019 #7

Next stop...450 ppm. roamer65 May 2019 #8

I don't think any oil company has been publicly denying climate change, have they? Recursion May 2019 #9

No, there are some parallels True Dough May 2019 #10

gosh, are you saying capitalist interests KNEW they were destroying the planet, but did it anyway? anarch May 2019 #11

Oh well. We're not going to do anything about it anyways. Oneironaut May 2019 #12

that is basically where we are now anarch May 2019 #13