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Their findings were consistent with scientific knowledge today, and he added that in 5-10 years it might be critical to make hard decisions regarding energy strategies...which isn't even inaccurate since how to handle our energy sources is an important topic today no matter where you stand on the issue, and we also know today that even if humanity blinked out of existence and we no longer created any emissions, it's still too late to prevent some rather severe effects climate change will have on the environment over the next couple decades. That isn't the same thing as "WE NEED TO STOP IN 5 YEARS OR EARTH IS DOOMED" like you're implying he's saying.“In the first place, there is general scientific agreement that the most likely manner in which mankind is influencing the global climate is through carbon dioxide release from the burning of fossil fuels," Black told Exxon’s management committee. A year later he warned Exxon that doubling CO2 gases in the atmosphere would increase average global temperatures by two or three degrees—a number that is consistent with the scientific consensus today. He continued to warn that “present thinking holds that man has a time window of five to 10 years before the need for hard decisions regarding changes in energy strategies might become critical."
"might"MixedDrops wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 5:38 am Except that's not what he said.
Their findings were consistent with scientific knowledge today, and he added that in 5-10 years it might be critical to make hard decisions regarding energy strategies...which isn't even inaccurate since how to handle our energy sources is an important topic today no matter where you stand on the issue, and we also know today that even if humanity blinked out of existence and we no longer created any emissions, it's still too late to prevent some rather severe effects climate change will have on the environment over the next couple decades. That isn't the same thing as "WE NEED TO STOP IN 5 YEARS OR EARTH IS DOOMED" like you're implying he's saying.“In the first place, there is general scientific agreement that the most likely manner in which mankind is influencing the global climate is through carbon dioxide release from the burning of fossil fuels," Black told Exxon’s management committee. A year later he warned Exxon that doubling CO2 gases in the atmosphere would increase average global temperatures by two or three degrees—a number that is consistent with the scientific consensus today. He continued to warn that “present thinking holds that man has a time window of five to 10 years before the need for hard decisions regarding changes in energy strategies might become critical."
Easy to declare yourself right when you put words in other peoples' mouths, I guess.