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GolfPopper · 2026-08-30T15:13:46.000Z

Legally? Almost certainly no one. Ethically? The corporate executives who deliberately covered up evidence of global warming, starting back in the 70s.[1]

1. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/harvard-led-a...

barbazoo · 2026-08-30T15:32:28.000Z

Including executives that still refuse to price in the environmental externalities of their business practices.

samus · 2026-08-30T16:51:06.000Z

Why would they do that? That would make their shareholders angry and give their competitors an edge. (No /s)

failbuffer · 2026-08-30T16:20:46.000Z

And don't forget the politicians and media personalities who knowingly or negligently denied that there was even a problem.

inigyou · 2026-08-30T16:27:50.000Z

They're winning. They have billions of dollars and very cushy lives.

strictnein · 2026-08-30T15:21:19.000Z

And since we've all known about this for 30+ years, is it still their fault, or is it ours?

inigyou · 2026-08-30T16:24:48.000Z

What should I have done about it for the past 30 years?

bethekidyouwant · 2026-08-30T17:39:14.000Z

Live a life of voluntary poverty?

inigyou · 2026-08-30T17:46:05.000Z

And if I had done that, how would the climate be today?

Symbiote · 2026-08-30T17:44:38.000Z

Voted for the environmental candidate every time.

inigyou · 2026-08-30T20:12:06.000Z

Already did, we still ended up here, clearly that solution didn't work

strictnein · 2026-08-30T17:51:21.000Z

Nothing. My point was simply that blaming people who did something 40-50 years ago is pretty silly.