“Nuremburg Trials” for Big Carbon CEOs?
Created: 2021–07–21
Last updated: 2021–07–21
“Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.”
- Jean Rostand
Given that:
- Green House gas concentrations continue to rise rather than fall.
- The World’s Last Mass Extinction (for humans) is accelerating and will almost certainly continue to its inevitable conclusion.
- Big Carbon has been responsible for millions of human deaths so far (not to mention all the other species).
- By the time The World’s Last Mass Extinction (for humans at least) finalises, Big Carbon will have been responsible for the death of billions of people.
Doesn’t it make sense to put on trial all the (still living) CEOs from the last 50 years from all the Big Carbon corporations for:
- Crimes Against Humanity
- Genocide
- Ecocide
?
Now, there is NO debate about whether these people are guilty or not - they clearly are - it is more a question of what sort of justice should be metered out to these people. At Nuremburg, people who were guilty of Crimes Against Humanity were executed - that would seem like a more appropriate carriage of justice now? Even if you don’t believe in Capital Punishment for someone who plans the murder of a single individual, does that moral view also apply to someone who is responsible for the deaths of millions of people? - or does Jean Rostand’s perspicacity hold true?
Rather than waiting for a court case that will never happen, I think it would be good to give ordinary people a vote on the matter - and, since it concerns them most, young people should get a vote - say everyone above the age of 12. Now to clarify our thinking, I also think we should start with one particular, current, CEO.
So my question would be:
“Should Darren Woods, the current CEO of ExxonMobil, be sent to trial for the many crimes of the corporation on his watch?”
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