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Originally Posted by puckedoff
There is more to capital than just stock prices. If Shell were to do this, they would have to produce something very valueble, very quickly, or they would be destroyed as soon as their next debt payment/maturity was due, because they would no longer have access to debt capital markets and would not be able to refinance.
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This is kind of the crux of my whole point. Companies can't do this, even if they wanted too, because they are hampered by our current economic system. Even if what they are doing was incredibly important to humanity, if it doesn't make money right away, they can't do it.
That's a problem for me.