As a new graphic from Platform London demonstrates, oil money flows through science in culture. Should we be concerned?
Question: What has science got in common with opera? Answer: They are both cultural pursuits favoured by the oil industry.
This comes via the NGO Platform who produced a new infographic this week, visualising their research exploring how much oil money goes into London’s galleries and museums.
My experiences with Shell left me firmly with the impression that they are neither stupid nor villains. On the contrary I know of no other human agency that plans as far ahead or considers the environment more closely (page 162-3 of 2000 edition of Homage to Gaia)