“terrible country who relies on the sale of fossil fuels claims ignorance on terribleness of fossil fuels”
yeah, some story
Heeey! They also rely on slavery.
This entire summit is a farce.
It was completely undermined by lobbyists in the past years.
it certainly has some ‘war is peace, freedom is slavery’ (and all that) vibes
Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CBE is an Emirati politician who the Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology of the United Arab Emirates, head of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), and chairman of Masdar.
Emphasis mine.
That’s the first line from his wikipedia.
“Oil Magnate Claims Oil Cures Cancer, Grants Superpowers”
Quit yo gibber, jaber
“verging on climate denial”
I think it’s fair to say he’s progressed pasted “verging.”
Like the planet has been “verging” on a climate catastrophe for a century. Just keep it verging like that, and we’ll all be ok!
As the guy falling from the top of the Empire State Building was heard saying half-way down: “So far, so good!”
Really, why the hell did they organize a climate conference in a country completely dependent on selling fossil fuels. What did they expect…
This is worse than a footgun.
Not even to mention the human rights questions of course.
I hereby coin Hanlon’s Inverted Anticapitalist Razor:
Never attribute to stupidity that which is adequately explained by greed.
I like this. It’s applicable basically everywhere nowadays.
I don’ think jack fuck is gonna happen about the climate until the world’s poor and middle class demonstrate violence against these asscunts.
More than 99% of people reject Green parties, and instead keep voting for parties and politicians subsidizing a mass extinction. Would it be ethically correct for the 1% of people who don’t want a mass extinction, to keep killing the omnicidal class - which the 98% will then find replacements for?
It’s not just the richest 1% who are the problem - yes they cause vastly more harm than the rest, but it’s also the other 98% poorest who vote for the most violent, Machiavellian, narcissists there are to rule them.
Agreed. But we need some leaders / generals.
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Save the person that thinks that calling someone a liberal is an insult. And also is a constructive comment
It IS an insult. They’re all talk, hearts and rainbows but still are ieffectual milquetoast corporatists.
"unless you want to take the world back into caves.”
ironically a likely scenario with runaway climate change overworking above ground air conditioning.
I’d rather live in a cave for free than sign my life over in servitude for a damp basement closet in the middle of a dystopian toxic shithole. Like, by far.
As well as running Cop28 in Dubai, Al Jaber is also the chief executive of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil company
😂😂😂 yeah, we’re still not serious about surviving as a species on this planet.
COP has been 110% co-opted and hamstrung.
Well if you have to have 28 of them…
They’re doing the good old “Bad COP, good COP” routine. I’m still waiting for the good COP…
that fella isn’t a scientist
I can’t believe he’s a doctor…
…no wait, I can, because my friend is a doctor and has encountered a stupid number of anti-vaxxer doctors and nurses.
And I can’t believe Idi Amin was King of Scotland! But I mean he said he was, so, who am I to question the king?
I’m willing to bet that his fireplace has a chimney.
See this shit ? this is why we need to blow shit up.
Perhaps he’s just worried that his preferred people will live in caves.
23 year old virgin who bought his academic credentials with a credit card decides to chip in on the future of planet! Planet decides to run with it.
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“Let’s add special interest and climate deniers to the climate change conference.”
Most transparent plan ever, yet it still worked.
Well that’s to keep it fair and balanced, so that the unfair and unbalanced also have their voices heard.
