Gerard Barron
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
So he had to do a deal with the Greens and they wanted him to pull back his nuclear ambition.
He said, I can't touch that.
We need it.
And it was like, how about I give you ocean metals?
It's literally like that.
Man.
And I've seen firsthand how they've worked with corporations.
WWF did the same to Maersk.
Maersk were one of our shareholders.
They were one of our early supporters.
Great company, one of the great shipping companies of the world.
And WWF went in there and said, we don't like you being part of the metals company.
We'd like you to sell your ownership.
Or we're going to come after you for your green shipping ambitions.
And it's like, I had a friend sat in the room with them.
Like, they are bullies, these NGOs.
They are absolute bullies.
And so that's how they overtook some of these countries.
So these countries, like Germany is another great example, right?
Germany used to be an industrial behemoth.