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ExxonMobil Says Climate Change Is Manageable

Charles Mudede
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I assume that ExxonMobil will be picking up the bill for all the adapting that will be necessary?
MR M on June 28, 2012 at 9:19 AM Report this
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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.
TechBear on June 28, 2012 at 9:27 AM Report this
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@2, i hear you on that...
Charles Mudede on June 28, 2012 at 9:28 AM Stranger Staff
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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.
Puty on June 28, 2012 at 9:32 AM Report this
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So you can manage the destruction of the ecosphere? Who'd have thought?
Cato the Younger Younger on June 28, 2012 at 9:54 AM Report this
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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
prompt on June 28, 2012 at 10:06 AM Report this
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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.
wxPDX on June 28, 2012 at 10:11 AM Report this
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The first step is admitting you have a problem.
Vadt on June 28, 2012 at 10:12 AM Report this
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Sorry for the typos-- iPhone
wxPDX on June 28, 2012 at 10:12 AM Report this
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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.
Max Solomon on June 28, 2012 at 10:16 AM Report this
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So... gills?
dirge on June 28, 2012 at 11:01 AM Report this
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@12: actually, neither of us will see. we'll be long gone.
Max Solomon on June 28, 2012 at 11:20 AM Report this
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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.
Root on June 28, 2012 at 12:56 PM Report this
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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…
BhamBrad on June 28, 2012 at 1:06 PM Report this
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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...
decidedlyodd on June 28, 2012 at 1:19 PM Report this
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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.
wxPDX on June 28, 2012 at 2:10 PM Report this
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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.
I have always been... east coaster on June 28, 2012 at 2:11 PM Report this
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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.
wxPDX on June 28, 2012 at 2:17 PM Report this
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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?
peskypoop on June 28, 2012 at 3:13 PM Report this
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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.
Pope Peabrain on June 28, 2012 at 3:30 PM Report this
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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.
tkc on June 28, 2012 at 3:37 PM Report this
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Yeah, it is a big step that he's finally admitting it, even if he is playing it down.
floater on June 28, 2012 at 6:00 PM Report this
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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.
Proteus on June 29, 2012 at 9:55 AM Report this

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