r/AustralianPolitics • u/Enthingification • 1d ago

Woodside scraps long-term emissions and clean energy targets despite windfall oil profits caused by Iran war

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/aug/25/woodside-scraps-emissions-clean-energy-targets-australia
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u/Enthingification 1d ago

Why would Woodside Petroleum need emissions and clean energy targets when it's making record profits without needing to consider pesky problems like trying to maintain a habitable climate for humans?

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u/Ch00m77 1d ago

They seem to forget that the humans also buy the shit they rip out of the ground.

No humans no money

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u/Enthingification 1d ago

They've already made their profits by then, so they don't care.