Lol, "could". Good old NYT, always dodging and fudging.
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Oh no not the economy
Nothing will meaningfully improve until the rich fear for their lives
The most mindblowing thing to me is that these firms are such a gigantic economic force, they could for example invest in renewable energy or sustainable industries. They could have our future low-carbon world by the balls, like Shell or ExxonMobil do today.
Insurers and banks could divest from their carbon-intensive assets, but they will lobby and look for every loophole to protect themselves from responsibility, while being pulled feet-first into a meatgrinder.
No shit sherlock, this is known to everyone with half a brain and basic education for years, hell decades. At this point the only solution would be to execute (in the literal sense) the fossil fuel industry. It was the only solution for decades now, as these filthy parasites use their money and power to kill us all and we let them.
Not calling for violence, i won't even harm a mouse, just stating the obvious: If somebody is in the process of killing you, lethal force is sometimes the only defense.
Something funny: The economy is killing the economy.