Exxon Mobil CEO on the 'dirty secret' of Net Zero: 'People who are generating the emissions need to be aware ... and pay the price'
fortune.com
"The dirty secret nobody talks about is how much all this is going to cost and who's willing to pay for it," Darren Woods said on Fortune’s Leadership Next podcast.

“we’ve waited too long to open the aperture on the solution sets in terms of what we need, as a society, to start reducing emissions,” Woods told Fortune

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  • bazus1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    71·
    9 months ago

    … with his opinion which is of no consequence at all.

    Edit: no Radiohead fans here?

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
      8·
      9 months ago

      It makes it clear that a lot of the doomerism we’ve been seeing encouraged by oil industry PR firms is in fact coming from the top.

      • VirtualOdour
        11·
        9 months ago

        Honestly it shows that idiots will jump to whatever makes them feel tough, all these people calling for the ceo to be killed because they think he said the same tough guy thing that I’ve seen posted all over the place probably by many of the same people calling for his death…

        Meanwhile he’s actually just said the same thing that all the experts in the field have been saying for a long time about how important it is to use economic forces to accelerate transition.

        It would be so nice if we actually took the time to make informed opinions so we can work towards actual solutions. Yes it’s hard but if you actually care then that means putting in the work.