Exxon Mobil et. al. post Record Profits and Want to Buy Stories

February 3, 2007 by mike.

The oil industry is posting record profits again this year as the IPCC comes out with its
watered down, but still powerful
report on global warming.

And what does the oil industry to help with the situation?

How about we pay folks to write stories to dispute the IPCC report? Let’s continue to cast doubt on the science and thereby delay action and changes in our lives that will reduce the impact of global warming. Let’s stir up political doubt and embark on wars of global domination to secure oil reserves that should not be burned any more.

It’s really quite amazing and irresponsible, but it’s business as usual for the ruling class. The surprising part is how many common folks serve the politics of the ruling class by being manipulated by wedge issues like abortion or gun control. At the root of the problem is a rather scary and dismal malthusian population issue and consumption of resources, conflict over wealth distribution, environmental degradation are symptomatic, not causative. A global vision is needed on the small blue planet today.

Prompt, bold, decisive, heroic action is needed. The ruling class are not going to be leading the charge, talking about how many people the planet can sustain, how we can produce food and shelter for the bipeds already bipeding around on this small blue planet. They are very busy building gated communities and fighting the death tax. God bless them for their vision.

So, where do we start? How do we mitigate the environmental disaster that we have caused by burning fossil fuels?

Well, I think we have to start with truth. Defending it. Insisting on it. Working with it. Confront the lies and the liars. Engage with the folks that are working on solutions. Implement the solutions right where and when you are. Switch all of your bulbs to compact fluorescents immediately. Don’t drive if you can walk, bike, carpool, or take the bus. Stop mowing your lawn and start turning your little corner of the small blue planet into a yard/garden or yarden. Grow food and flowers around your home instead of indulging a petroleum-based putting green. Look for beauty, love and compassion around you at sneaker-speed instead of the posted vehicle speed limit or ten above.

I guess we have other options, but this is what they look like:

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