Companies that use vast amounts of fossil fuels and energy for their products are resisting or something
Texas businesses aren’t waiting on President Trump to fight climate change
The White House is dropping out of the international effort to limit global warming. But in Texas, candy and pet food giant Mars isn’t slowing its climate change plans designed to protect Waco-made Snickers from West African drought and shield pet food production in Temple from failed wheat harvests.
Mars is not alone. For years, companies say, they have been reducing their carbon footprints and embracing renewable energy to cut costs and appeal to a younger workforce and customers. And that will continue with or without government leadership, they say. (snip)
Other corporate giants operating in Texas, including newly-arrived Toyota, are pushing forward aggressively on climate-change mitigation. The Japanese company’s new U.S. headquarters in Plano has a 7.75 megawatt solar array, enough to supply a fourth of the building’s electricity. And the automaker is committed to eliminating all greenhouse gas emissions from its cars, operations and supply chain by 2050.
Will Toyota stop selling fossil fueled vehicles by 2050, eliminating the majority of its sales? Even the Prius uses gasoline. There is exactly one vehicle in their US portfolio that uses no gas, the Mirai, which starts at a middle class friendly $57500, and, get this, it puts out water vapor, which is the #1 greenhouse gas. And said solar array will, in practice, provide a hell of a lot less than 7.75 megawatts.
Regardless, these companies, along with AT&T and Apple, mentioned in the article, along with certainly other companies, are entitled to do these kinds of things if they choose to. It might cause costs to rise, and a lot is certain patronizing feel good stuff, but, it’s a choice. It is not Government forcing compliance. And that’s the way it should be. Let’s not forget that on every survey, ‘climate change’ comes in last or next to last regarding Issues That People Care About.
Now if only Warmists would choose to make their own lives carbon neutral.
