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The Climate Short: Hedge Funds Pile Up Huge Bets Against Green Future (www.bloomberg.com)
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The $5 trillion industry's move against clean energy and green technology may prove more damaging than political pushback over "woke" capitalism.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

This is the dumbest bet you can make and more or less the definition of lose/lose- if we fail to move off greenhouse gasses, what kind of mad max style future are you hoping to be rich in?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They probably believe their money will keep all those problems entirely contained within the filthy plebs' living places. "Food is scarce? Oh well, tough luck, I can still pay! And I'll also throw some of it away so the filthy plebs can fight to eat it, a demonstration of how goodhearted I am!!"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not even, they mostly just don't think about it. All they see is moneys, the end

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

But think about the INVESTORS!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

All that money will keep them safe from the mad max, of course. /s

These hedge fund types are near-sighted idiots with horse blinders that can't see beyond the next quarter.