“Energy and its appropriate deployment are … the most important modern indicators of the wealth and poverty of nations. Society and energy will merge in an unbreakable bond for the entire future of humankind.” (Michael Economides and Ronald Oligney, below)
Is today Columbus Day? Italian-American Heritage Day? Or Indigenous People’s Day, celebrating the culture and contributions of American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians?
Maybe the second Monday of each October should be all of these things and Forgotten Man Day to commemorate those who have been forgotten, such as energy consumers in the forced transition to inferior energies, wind power and solar arrays in particular.
Every holiday invites a tie-in to energy: the master resource. I have written as much for Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day (no links–could spoil the next time).…
Continue Reading“Thanks Rob Bradley for coming here to confirm Exxon’s (and by extension your) lies.” (Gunnar Schade, Texas A&M University)
“Enron was the bad firm; ExxonMobil under Lee Raymond was the good firm. Energy affordability matters! Happy to debate this with you at Texas A&M!” (Bradley, below)
On social media, Goran Janjic, self-described “Head of Sustainability | Business Strategist | Managing Director | Corporate and Government Affairs Leader,” shared a recent article (Tracing Big Oil’s PR War to Delay Action on Climate Change” Harvard Gazette) and stated:
… Continue ReadingExxonMobil has misled the public about #climatechange by telling the public one thing and then saying and doing the opposite behind closed doors.
The latest work shows that while their tactics have evolved from outright, blatant climate denial to more subtle forms of #lobbying and propaganda, their end goal remains the same.
“Koonin is … not REMOTELY qualified to dispute the conclusions of thousands of working scientists…. Koonin will say whatever he is paid to say.” (Paul Bryan, below)
“Bryan offers only ad hominem attacks. Sadly, so characteristic of the public conversation about climate science. If he’d made a specific criticism of what I said about climate science, it might be worth responding to.” (Koonin, below)
Emotions run high in the climate debate between the ‘settled-science’ alarmists and cautious, data-driven critics. There is every reason to listen and learn in a quite unsettled area (climate models?) and not be crude and offensive, much less engage in angry hate speech.
“Fossil fuel troll” … “You are simply shilling for the addiction model of energy and the dealers that profit from it” … “Your arguments are tired, old, oft-debunked pages from the Denier’s Playbook.…
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