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This great spoof app highlights Niger Delta oil nightmare [Video]
Royal Dutch Shell is frequently blamed for turning the Niger Delta into the conflict-ridden ecological disaster it is today. Its apparent solution: the Live With it App.
Actually, it turns out the video is part of Friends of the Earth Netherlands’ latest campaign against the oil giant. The campaign, called Worse than Bad, aims to highlight the devastation that drilling for oil has caused in the region.
Worse than Bad claims that over the last 50 years “Shell has helped turn the Niger Delta into the world’s largest oil spill” and estimates that around 400-million gallons of oil have been spilled in that time.
Using gamification, QR codes, and geo-location, the fake app allows people to live with the toxic water, gas flares and oil spills that surround them without the oil company having to do anything meaningful.
Ah, those crazy, fun-loving Dutch. What will they think of next?
