ViennaLager
ViennaLager t1_j0b330j wrote
Reply to New Study Reveals Billions of Dollars in Political Spending by US Trade Associations, Most of It on PR - Out of $3.4 billion spent by trade associations over 10 years, nearly $2.2 billion went towards advertising and promotion, with the oil and gas industry the biggest spender. by avogadros_number
To me it seems like such a weird thing to spend billions on marketing for.
Do you as a consumer have much choice? What kind of energy alternative would not be from the US? Oil, gas, petrol, renewable energy, nuclear energy etc. It would all be from the US and a domestic product.
ViennaLager t1_ivcmf1j wrote
Reply to comment by MrGodzillahin in Study: Blue Whales Swallow 10 Million Microplastic Pieces a Day by BoundariesAreFun
Useless metric because it increases by default. Even if there were no more plastic to be released this number would still go up because as microplastic breaks down it turns into more pieces. What is the difference between 10 million plastic pieces of 5mm or 20 million of 2.5mm? How do you know if its more next year or just smaller pieces?
ViennaLager t1_ivbv65v wrote
I find the use of microplastic pieces as a pointless metric. It is so trivial and just used to create headlines. What is important is the amount and that has to be quantified in a better way, such as weight.
ViennaLager t1_j0bsb5n wrote
Reply to comment by FreedomFace67 in New Study Reveals Billions of Dollars in Political Spending by US Trade Associations, Most of It on PR - Out of $3.4 billion spent by trade associations over 10 years, nearly $2.2 billion went towards advertising and promotion, with the oil and gas industry the biggest spender. by avogadros_number
Why wouldnt it be? Its a operating cost.
However I assume you have some employee tax in the US? Or if its external marketing that there is some VAT or similar tax.