Between the possibilities that people extracting the dirtiest most ecologically-damaging to extract oil there is from Alberta's Tar Sands are doing it for:

The Lesbians
Their own pockets (and screw everybody else)

There is one infinitely more likely to be the actual reason than the other and it ain't the first one.

Kind reminds me of an equally facile argument that was making the rounds excusing the Israeli Genocide because of "how Palestinians treated Homosexuals", as if Israel was murdering tens of thousands of little children (more broadly, an estimated almost 200k people, quite independently of their sexual orientation) because of how much they cared about Palestinian Homosexuals.

This shit is to Equality what Greenwashing is to Environmentalism.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

it's also a joke that wasn't meant to be taken seriously

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This Woke PR Firm Is Quietly Running an Influencer Campaign for Fossil Fuels

The New York-based PR firm Porter Novelli, which has clients in 60 countries, has launched a conversation series called “Creating a New Climate: For Earth, For Women, For Justice.”

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“When you switch to natural gas, you get incredible savings and unlimited coziness,” reads an Instagram ad that began running this week for Natural Gas Genius, the latest in an advertising effort by the American Public Gas Association to convince new homebuyers to choose gas appliances at a time when efforts to phase out gas are growing. The ads feature lots of fake fireplaces, barbecues, stocked kitchens with gas stoves, and smiling millennials.

A report last year from the group Carbon Tracker was clear: fossil fuel companies have to cut their production of oil and gas one-third by 2040 for the world to have any chance of meeting the Paris climate targets. There is no room for the gas industry to expand.

The “Gas Genius” campaign, first reported on earlier this summer by Mother Jones’ Rebecca Leber, was developed by Porter Novelli starting in 2018. The central message is “around the whole idea of natural gas as a lifestyle and not just a one-time purchase,” said Mary Faulke, a Porter Novelli strategist, during a private webinar for the American Public Gas Association, which was reviewed by VICE News. “As you can see, this strategy has really been paying off for us.”

During 2019, “the campaign saw 5.9 million paid media impressions; 41,605 click-throughs to the website; and, 14,669 people reached on Facebook,” according to the American Public Gas Association.

shrug Its not out of line with what these PR firms are already churning out.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

“around the whole idea of natural gas as a lifestyle and not just a one-time purchase,”

Since when has buying fuel ever been a one time purchase? How can you even make a one time purchase of natural gas?

[–] ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 0 points 2 months ago

Well, if you have a large, underground, high pressure tank, a simple single-person household and only a few years to live.

... but possible.

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I suspected so, but in this day and age who knows...

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

scribbles on clipboard "got it ...don't...have fun...." "Okay sir your co-pay is $20 and here is your script for Zoloft, let's hope you can unclench your cheeks sometime soon and have a little fun".