I got the email below from Avaaz, another internet demography. They were polling responses to a suggested policy that the oil and fossil fuel companies now making obscene profits while the rest of us are facing escalating costs of living, should be taxed more in order to protect the most vulnerable communities and the environment.
‘Dear David,
Today, we’d love to know your opinion!
Could you read the email below, and let us know if you’re supporting Avaaz to run this campaign?
Dear friends,
While the world cooks, Big Oil is making more money than ever – four fossil fuel giants made a combined total of $51billion in just three months!
That’s double what they were making a year ago – resulting from sky-high oil and gas prices driven by the war in Ukraine. One oil boss described his company as ‘literally a cash machine’!
This ‘machine’ is killing the planet, stealing our future, and driving millions into poverty. It has to stop. The UN Secretary-General has just called on all governments to tax these obscene profits – and use the money for the good of society.
Let’s echo his call, demanding a tax on fossil fuel profits so the money can be spent on protecting the most vulnerable communities and urgently investing in renewable energy – when we hit a million, we’ll deliver our call directly to governments at a major UN summit in September!
With hope and determination,
Bert, Patricia, Stefanie and the rest of the Avaaz team
Do you support Avaaz running this campaign?
For me, there’s absolutely no question: I strongly support this proposal. Because it absolutely obscene that companies like BP are raking in £9 billion while ordinary people are looking at starvation and being unable to heat their homes.
And it says everything about the complacency and profiteering of one Jacob Rees-Mogg of Bath and North-East Somerset that he defended these companies on BBC Radio and their giving dividends while ordinary people suffer.
Tags: Avaaz, Bath and North East Somerset, BP, Climate Change, Conservatives, Fossil Fuels, Internet Petitions, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Oil Industry, Starvation, War
Beastrabban\'s Weblog 
August 7, 2022 at 6:34 pm |
It is even worse that your blog, the company is buying back their own shares so that The CEO gets a very large bonus when the share price goes up even higher. His bonus depends to the increase in the share price.
August 7, 2022 at 7:10 pm |
Thanks, Ben – I think I’d heard about this, but it hadn’t fully registered.