“What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers?” – Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson, at the company’s annual shareholders’ meeting.
Discuss.
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We had to destroy the village in order to save it. In Newspeak.
This is the same CEO that signed an agreement with the Russians to drill in the Arctic-potentially a $300 Billion Dollar contract. How much is enough?
Just read an article on accidental rewilding in Slovenia, and recall one I read on same around Chernobyl. The planet will be fine in the long term. Us? Not so much.
http://www.aeonmagazine.com/nature-and-cosmos/george-monbiot-rewilding/
http://ranprieur.com/crash/naturechernobyl.html
Exxon Language Dictionary
planet: source of resources, generator of wealth, utterly disposable (colloquially known as ‘Earth’)
humanity: dominant hominid genus of planet Earth composed of several closely related species (executives, investors, trust fund babies, et al). Not to be confused with the superficially similar hominids known as homo sapiens.
The end justifies the means.
That’s why many citizens don’t care what scandals emanate from governments as long as the economy is central.
I don’t agree but it seems I’m in the minority.
Saving the planet doesn’t matter if we don’t make a profit and I don’t get to earn my multi million dollar salary.
Damm bureaucrats won’t let me drive my Humvee in the _______ National Park!
Nice selective reporting: “We do not see a viable pathway with any known technology today to achieve the 350 outcome that is not devastating to economies, societies and peoples’ health and well-being around the world,”
“So the real question is, do you want to keep arguing about that and pursuing something that cannot be achieved at costs that will be detrimental? Or do you want to talk about what’s the path we should be on and how do we mitigate and prepare for the consequences as they present themselves.”
Exxon/Esso remains on my list of boycotted corporations