In 1954, the American Petroleum Institute believed their products were creating pollution problems and by 1968 they had confirmed a link between burning fossil fuels and global warming.
In 1959, an internal report at the Shell oil company stated that use of their products would cause climatic change by the end of the century.
An internal report at Exxon during the 1970s predicted global warming due to fossil fuels, with their predictions closely matching actual changes since then.
None of these companies or organisations went public with their findings. At least one, Exxon, actually paid scientists to lie on their behalf and undermine the legitimate claims of researchers who were publicising the connection between Exxon’s products and climate change.
And if these three had discovered the link, don’t you imagine every other oil company did too?
A crime against humanity is defined as “a deliberate act, typically as part of a systematic campaign, that causes human suffering or death on a large scale.”
Don’t you think it would be fair to say that publicly denying science they privately knew was true, knowing that it would lead to future human suffering, just so they could continue making vast amounts of money, fits in with the definition of a crime against humanity?
And we’re meant to believe that greed is good? Since 1989, the wealthiest 1% of Americans have increased their wealth share by 8.1% to 30.9% of the whole country’s wealth. While the poorest 50% share just 2.5% between them.
So, is it a crime or are you happy for very wealthy people to sacrifice our planet to make themselves even richer?
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