tonygraz wrote:For denial, any company putting CO2 in the atmosphere as it will cost them to reduce the emissions. For pushing climate change I find it hard to find a selfish reason.
The cost for companies to reduce their CO2 emissions will just be passed on to their product consumers.
When you find it hard to find a selfish reason for pushing climate change, you kinda just remove yourself from the entire conversation as being unqualified to participate.
Lemme give you an example:
Company A has a lot of CO2 emissions.
Company B makes money by helping companies lower their CO2 emissions.
Company C makes money by helping companies pass their costs increases on to their customers.
Someone like say....Le HockeyDad works at Company B or C.
Under this scenario, Company B & C as well as someone like say...Le HockeyDad have a vested interest in lobbying the government to legislate tougher CO2 emissions because it means more work and profit. Now it seems like Company A is getting screwed but they really are neutral in the scenario because they pass the increased costs on to their consumers (with Company C's services!) and can now proclaim how much greener they are in press releases and commercials. That's at least a half-win at no cost. Half-Win/Win/Win situation.
Now I guess somebody does have to lose......the customers of Company A. They can't just abandon Company A because we are doing the same thing with all of Company A's competitors as well. Although they pay more, they at least have the satisfaction of being more green (while having less green).
