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Blu_Skies_In_My_Head t1_j3nsz8x wrote

Wow, it’s almost like scientists could alert the world to a big problem, and countries worldwide could coordinate to fix the issue.

Huh.

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lilrabbitfoofoo t1_j3pdywi wrote

Unfortunately "Big Freon" wasn't as well-funded as "Big Oil".

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SterlingVapor t1_j3pmdmn wrote

Big freon was also really just chemical manufacturing companies, so they mostly just turned around and went "fine, ok, then what kind of refrigerant should we make then?"

Big oil has been looking into renewables for a long time and has invested in them to try to transition their cash flow, but the profit margins won't come close to stacking up and they own a ton of machinery and properties that will be worth practically nothing

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[deleted] t1_j3pic1l wrote

And big coal. It accounted for 50% of energy related emissions in the US in 2020, but only 20% of our energy. It’s more carbon intensive than petroleum or natural gas. It’s played a major role getting us here as well.

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Lord_Earthfire t1_j3qfek8 wrote

To be honest, switching out a single group of chemicals for already existing alternatives is far easier and happening very often in the industry on the country-level.

Restructuring the whole energy production is fundamentally on a different level of difficulty.

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