Exxon's CEO: Climate, energy fears overblown

[IDemo]

Source: msnbc.com

ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson says fears about climate change, drilling, and energy dependence are overblown.

In a speech Wednesday, Tillerson acknowledged that burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet, but said society will be able to adapt. The risks of oil and gas drilling are well understood and can be mitigated, he said. And dependence on other nations for oil is not a concern as long as access to supply is certain, he said.

Tillerson blamed a public that is "illiterate" in science and math, a "lazy" press, and advocacy groups that "manufacture fear" for energy misconceptions in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations.

He highlighted that huge discoveries of oil and gas in North America have reversed a 20-year decline in U.S. oil production in recent years. He also trumpeted the global oil industry's ability to deliver fuels during a two-year period of dramatic uncertainty in the Middle East, the world's most important oil and gas-producing region.

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[arcane1]

1. Did he also mention that we have enough oil to last forever, no matter how much we grow?

[patrice]

2. And of course, his own "thinking" has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he can buy his way

out of whatever does happen. It is not necessary for him to be correct, so we should trust his opinion????

No necessity, no invention, just the same old cognitive ruts.

[XemaSab]

12. When shit gets real

The average Bubba with his still and his collection of deer rifles will be better off than Mr. CEO of Exxon.

Some of us have ancestors that survived the Highland Clearances *and* the Potato Famine.

[patrice]

16. And I know more than a few of them "Bubba"s. I call them family. :-)))

[AlbertCat]

13. he can buy his way out of whatever does happen

He can buy his way outta Global Warming????

[patrice]

17. You think there aren't wealthy investing in highly controlled habitats right this minute?

Whether it will work or not is another question.

[Botany]

3. " .... burning of fossil fuels is warming the planet, but said society will be able to adapt."

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How much money does Rex Tillerson need? Glaciers are melting, sea levels
are rising, droughts are getting worse, 2,000 year old civilizations are going
under water, and our own pentagon is making plans for a world where global
warming has changed the game.

Mr. Tillerson is welcome to come to Ohio and debate Ohio State's Lonnie Thompson
(polar studies) about the climate.

[pscot]

6. If you're willing to fuck a grizzly bear

you'll do fine.

[XemaSab]

11. ^^^Lulz^^^

n/t

[OnyxCollie]

14. Sigh.

[agent46]

4. On what basis

am I supposed to believe anything these fuckers say?

[clang1]

5. He is actually correct

Tillerson blamed a public that is "illiterate" in science and math, a "lazy" press, and advocacy groups that "manufacture fear" for energy misconceptions in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations.


But this is not his concern. NOR that of the politicians. SO it is pointless to say by him. HE ONLY SAYS IT TO GET WHAT HE WANTS.
He knows this.

POLICIES must change...Then if he said this, I would believe he meant what he says. He misleads people.

MORE PROPAGANDA BY DECEPTION.

THEY ARE NOT OVERBLOWN:


Exxon's CEO: Climate, energy fears overblown


AND WE KNOW THIS.










Meanwhile.....The Progression continues.....

[solarman350]

7. When the Lights Go Out for the Last Time...

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I hope ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson is on my "dance card."
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Now Rex, let's watch the Consequences of using your product:
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[NickB79]

8. Of course. And the fact that half the West is on fire

Kansas is hotter than Saudi Arabia, and the nation's corn crop is being destroyed as we speak due to a record-breaking heatwave are all just coincidences.

[clang1]

9. They know this as well as you do. They don't care.

Meanwhile....The Progression continues......

[XemaSab]

10. If I said exactly what I think about this

my posting privileges would be revoked.

[Amonester]

15. "but said society will be able to adapt"

Which "society" can eat paper money?

Or gold?

Diamonds?

His?

[damnedifIknow]

18. Overblown?

June 28 News: Arctic Sea Ice Levels Reach Record Low In June

By Stephen Lacey on Jun 28, 2012 at 7:52 am

A round-up of the top climate and energy news.

Sea ice in the Arctic has melted faster this year than ever recorded before, according to the US government’s National Snow and Ice Data Centre

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/06/28/507805/arctic-sea-ice-levels-reach-record-low-in-june/

[and-justice-for-all]

19. Of course he is going to say that..

not surprised.

[wordpix]

20. keep paying 15% income tax for XOM, Rex, and we'll see how far your lies can go

As long as he can get away with XOM's paying less tax than a school teacher, he knows these lies will be repeated by his puppets.