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  Then kind of doesn't fit the definition of communism...
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  You are not serious right?
  Thank god. I almos thought you were the personification of the walking American patriotic stereotype.
context: Record profits and record pollution, a winning mix >
  
  The irony here is that the black market for crude oil refining is huge in Nigeria and is alongside she'll probably the worst contributor to pollution there. There's a really good vice documentary on it. >
  
  here it is >
  
  Yeah, this exposé and the one about the worlds largest lsd lab in the old missile silo are what got me into vice news. When ever people try complain about “over” regulation in the Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.)
  I point them to this doc. And before anybody tries to call me I’m a hippie tree hugger climate alarmist who doesn’t know anything let it be known I spent well over 10 years in the oil field and was raised on oil money before that. Recognizing that corporations shouldn’t be in charge of regulating themselves shouldn’t be a polarizing issue. Do you want the plumber to tell you the shit pipe is good or do you want an inspector to tell you? >
  
  Judge: TOS clearly states SheLL has the right kill each and every one of you during normal course of operations - did any of you read the terms of service before accepting it or did you just quickly push to OK button to get your cheap gas? >
  
  Fuck shell, I hope the Nigerians run them out of their country. >
  
  Nigeria's a nominal democracy. A very flawed one but it's a lot better than most of Africa. 
  The reality is Nigeria's making a ton of money off of the oil industry, and they really don't have any way of just nationalizing everything and telling everyone else to fuck off. 
  This talk of running the premier company out of the country reeks of Western incredulity. Most countries don't have the ability to just nationalize all valuable properties (steal in many people's minds), and then also start doing everything themselves. >
  
  this hasn't changed 12y later. 
  
  This talk ~~of running the premier company out of the country reeks~~ of Western incredulity reeks of Western superiority complex. >
  
  Hi! Can you see my comment by chance? >
  
  I can see it (running out of the country comment) >
  
  They struck out in the US.  Let’s see how this pans out for them.  At least there should be jurisdiction over Shell this time. >
  
  'They made billions off of poisioning us, and all we got was this lousy T-Shirt' the Nigerian's shirt said. >
  
  We’re sorry… >
  
  Yea, who would have thought that blasting holes into pipelines to steal oil could have spilled some of it into the environment? 
  While Shell has certainly part of the responsibility, most of the oil spills in Nigeria were caused by criminal groups damaging pipelines to get to the sweet black stuff inside. Not they sue the company for the damage. >
  
  Shell has argued for five years that it is not liable for the actions of its Nigerian subsidiary Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) and the claims from the people of Ogale and Bille could not be heard in a London courtroom. But the supreme court ruled last year “there is a good arguable case” that Nigerian communities could bring their claims to the high court.
  Shell continues to argue in its defence that it is not liable as the parent company.
  The claims lodged in the high court state that Shell plc and/or its subsidiary SPDC were aware of systemic oil spills from their pipelines taking place over many years but failed to take adequate steps to prevent them or to clean them up.
  Shell has been active in Nigeria for 86 years, and its Nigerian operations continue to account for a significant portion of the company’s overall profits. In a report in 2011 the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) revealed the devastating impact of the oil industry in Ogoniland, and set out urgent recommendations for “the largest terrestrial cleanup operation in history”. It put the cost of an initial cleanup over five years at $1bn – around 3% of Shell’s 2022 profits.
  But a report last year by a number of NGOs, said the people of Ogoniland were still waiting for a thorough cleanup of the oil spills. >
  
  Since you are well informed about the proceedings, you should also know that criminal organizations are responsible for almost 500K barrels stolen a year and equally responsible for most of the oil spills in the Niger Delta region.
  While it is true that the company is making profits (and the Nigerian Government of it too, by the way), last year they had to decrease production by about 30% because of pipeline fires and spills caused by oil stealing accidents. 
  While the people of the Delta are truly the victims here, blaming the company for the continuous spills would be like me blaming a gas station for pollution after setting it ablaze. >
  
  At the same time, if they’ve stolen that much oil from unprotected pipelines, you can’t really say Shell doesn’t know it’s a problem, and shouldn’t have guessed it would be a problem (as for any valuable/vitally-useful goodies left unprotected, out in the open… in Nigeria) beforehand.
  From a businessy perspective, attacks on a pipeline are little different from the hazards of building a pipeline in a seismically active area or through deepest jungle. It’s a multibillion-dollar conglomerate; surely this issue should’ve been factored in from the planning stages in any competent company, especially considering Nigeria isn’t the only undeveloped or developing nation Shell has ever operated in. Surely they’d fully expect to have to patrol, maintain, and even defend their pipelines in this setting? >
  
  
  At the same time, if they’ve stolen that much oil from unprotected pipelines,
  
  Pipelines travel incredible distances and are expensive enough as it is. Training an army to patrol them would not be a viable business venture most likely. >
  
  How expensive do you think it would be to hire an army to defend it? They have insane profits, I'm sure some of that could go to a more "robust" pipeline. >
  
  I read that as Nilfgaardians more than once. Think I’ve been playing Witcher 3 a little too much. >
  
  If history taught us anything with Shell's operation in Nigeria is that these ~14000 will be 1400 soon enough. >
  
  This is why industrial sabotage is totally justified against fossil fuel giants >
  
  I too dabble in ecoterrorism to save the environment from time to time. Why just last Tuesday I set fire to the forest surrounding the ski resort so dirty disels will stop driving out to it and polluting the forest. >
  
  Industrial sabotage doesn't have to be literally blowing up a pipeline fyi, in fact that one is a bad idea because of the amount of resulting leakage. >
  
  Shell the fucking company !! >
  
  Shell posted a record profit last year:
  
  Profits hit $39.9bn (£32.2bn) in 2022, double last year's total and the highest in its 115-year history. 
  
  Thats pretty disgraceful they can't even clean up their mess.  Its almost as if profits drive their corporate ideology over their responsibility to people (humanity) or the environment. >
  
  But all those commercials on my TV said they care about the environment….they wouldn’t lie would they? >
  
  I feel like if the West wants Africa to be more understanding of their requests(such as the crisis in Ukraine), then maybe shenanigans like this should best be avoided in the future. Will that happen though? >
  
  I feel like this is a whole false analysis that could best be avoided by proper education and critical thinking
   Will that happen though? >
  
  There should be a worldwide class action suit against all incorporated oil/gas companies. End of story, they should all pay. Face that or every country takes them all over. One or the other. >
  
  It’s our planet too. - “Shell” >
  
  Not much will happen until shell execs and workers starting getting ... Unalived.
  Even when a company can buy their way out of anything, they still can't prevent the negative affects of lead to the head. >
  
  They have a point; pollution needs to be adressed. And please spare us the all too easy racist pun tssk >
  
  To be honest the Britain is far far far better at scamming Nigeria than Nigeria is at scamming the Britain. >
  
  Shell is a notorious communist op!
  Corporate communism must be abolished. >
  
  Communism? Did you drink oil? >
  
  Yes, but I only drink good capitalist oil! 
  Not the communist oil of BP, Exxon, Chevron, etc. 
  The USA has become overrun by communist corporations like Amazon, Walmart, etc. They must be taken back by good capitalist workers!!!! >
  
  What do you even mean by communist? Nothing about what you said resembled communism in any way. You make yourself look like a lunatic... >
  
  Communism is when the government is run for the benefit of private mega-corporations -- rather than for the sake of ordinary working citizens -- so that the owners of these corporations can maximize their profits at the expense of their workers and everyone else!!! USA is a communist country now. Go back to Soviet Russia (or Mars), Jeff Bezos! Booooooo!