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ExxonMobil Says Climate Change Is Manageable
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Given all the time and expense they have put in to deny that global warming even exists, I suppose this is a step in the right direction.
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Well, he's criminally wrong and a total scumbag and he'll have died I'n bed long before his nightmare legacy bears fruit.
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@1 Agreed.
And what do we care? We'll all hopefully be dead before the impact hits the planet. The Earth is a fire sale. /s
And what do we care? We'll all hopefully be dead before the impact hits the planet. The Earth is a fire sale. /s
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I just published a paper on geoengineeting which I assume is part of what he refers to. Turns out (1) holding down temperature is probaly not possible long term and (2) the consequences of geoengineering are sometimes very bad. Hey Mr Exxon, the climate system is dynamic, non linear, and many of the details are not well understood yet. This guy really has no idea what he is talking about.
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we have no choice but to adapt. file under durr.
the fix will be non-technological: the planet will run out of fossil fuels to burn.
the fix will be non-technological: the planet will run out of fossil fuels to burn.
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I believe you mean "manageable" ??? Right?
But that executive also believes he can't exist without the monster-sized oil depletion allowance.
He also believes Ann Coulter is attractive. (Before or after her sex change, one wonders?)
Any chance anyone commenting here today might know who owns, or is the majority owner, of ExxonMobil?
Didn't think so......
But that executive also believes he can't exist without the monster-sized oil depletion allowance.
He also believes Ann Coulter is attractive. (Before or after her sex change, one wonders?)
Any chance anyone commenting here today might know who owns, or is the majority owner, of ExxonMobil?
Didn't think so......
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@2, TechBear, that is without a doubt the dumbest comment I've ever heard --- and yet it is completely predictable, which is why that ExxonMobil exec prattled such drivel, he knew a specific segment of the douchetarded American public would have such a response.
A step in the right direction if one day the American Zombietard woke up and announced:
I wonder who owns that effing oil giant, anyhow????
A step in the right direction if one day the American Zombietard woke up and announced:
I wonder who owns that effing oil giant, anyhow????
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@17 I don't expect to live to see the day when the supply of fossil fuels is completely exhausted. However, it would not surprise me if in 30 or 40 years oil was far less plentiful than it is today. On the other hand the folks at Exxon-Mobil are always finding new sources of oil and figuring out clever ways to get at it, so perhaps things will be little changed.
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Yes, we are quite adaptable as a species and a society. So he's unintentionally telling us that we have a choice to adapt to a changing environment where we can't grow food where we do now so we have to grow it elsewhere (perhaps bulldoze a few cities that are suddenly in prime farm country?) or adapt to not using the fossil fuels which are causing the change.
Seems like a simple choice to me.
Seems like a simple choice to me.
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To those who think global warming is merely an engineering problem that we can adapt to...you need to see this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ktYbVwr…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7ktYbVwr…
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It is an engineering problem, but there's a lot of evidence that the easiest and cheapest (in terms of cost and human lives lost/negatively impacted) solution is to reduce emissions. Of course, it may not be the cheapest and easiest for Exxon Mobil...
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@11 the fact that you pose the question suggests you need more information than I can provide here. Is there a way I can contact you? I'm happy to have an informed conversation about climate science without the kind of rhetoric that seems prevalent on the Internet.
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Small correction: we've had civilizations that burn fossil fuels in large quantities for 300 years. Petroleum has been known and used for thousands of years - it's even mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
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@11 alternately please tell me precisely which aspects of anthropogenic climate change you find confusing or unconvincing. I will do my best to provide you with the appropriate research or to explain sources of uncertainty and ongoing research.
Really I mean it. The NSF funds me partly on the assumption that I do outreach.
Really I mean it. The NSF funds me partly on the assumption that I do outreach.
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global warming isnt real... even if it is real its natural, not man influenced... even if it is real and man influenced we can totally handle any consequences... doesn't this line of reasoning make him a lying liar?
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Climate change is arguably the best destroyer of species.
Before we came along that is. And who in the world trusts Exxon Mobile? They are just admitting what they can no longer deny. But now they say we should trust them. Just another money grubbing corporation corrupting our lives.
Before we came along that is. And who in the world trusts Exxon Mobile? They are just admitting what they can no longer deny. But now they say we should trust them. Just another money grubbing corporation corrupting our lives.
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Yup. We'll adapt to Global Warming alright. With a massive and violent population contraction. The engineering solution will be what to do with the bodies.
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@24 You can reach me at fakekenmehlmen@gmail.com if you feel like it. About all I know about climate change is that Fox News says it's all lies.
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The content of this petroleum industry-sponsored message is the same as it's always been: Delay movement away from a fossil fuel based economy indefinitely.
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