That's a rhetorical question, right? Of course they did.
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Did they conspire to kill public transit ? Did big tobacco conspire to falsify health studies ? Did the agro industry conspire to make fat the big bad ? Does the bear shit in the woods ?
They could have become leaders in renewable technology and cornered the markets with their trillions, remaining rich beyond belief without destroying the world.
God dammit why are all resource extractors such incredible pricks
But R&D doesn't immediately help the quarterly earnings?? Won't someone think of the shareholders
I would be shocked if they didn't.
All I know is the people that listen to talk radio live gas and drive huge pickup trucks to commute to work
Why would they not? There is no honour in capitalism. Everything is about the money and nothing counts unless it sells, regardless of any societal or ecological impact.