Agreed. Exxon is one I get updates on due to their science initiatives (not my science), has been pivoting toward alternative energy sources for quite some time, and they also fund some research into bacteria based energy conversion (biodiesel and the like), but other majors I am sure are doing the same.
Dead on, “energy” company is now the term rather than gas/oil. I think that signifies a significant change of long-term strategy.
I never thought I would live to see the day where someone convinced me the Civil War happened.
But by god you did it. It’s real everyone. Civil War happened. Crazy times.
I don’t think you read the article. It doesn’t say that entire nations will be wiped out by the year 2000.
You didn’t read the article.
Wonder if they’d use carbon-based fuels to run all that machinery.
I’m sure AOC and her ilk have got it right this time.
First, all I did was link the article. I didn’t leave a commentary nor did I write the article. Second, the very first paragraph of the article claims a UN official made that exact claim.
In 1989! They weren’t afraid to hit the panic button then, and they certainly aren’t now.
Oh yeah, it’s not panicky because he used the word “could” instead of “will”.
Actually, that claim was not made. Your reading comprehension is off. It states that if changes are not made by 2000 that disasters will be inevitable (obviously after 2000, not by 2000).
That isn’t it. Read it more carefully and note that the trend needs to be reversed by 2000. The trend. It doesn’t mean that in 2000 the Apocalypse hits.
So the nothing that we did between 1989 and when ever must have worked. Here we are 20 years later. No hoards of environmental refugees, no coastal regions submerged, etc.
And still no proof that it is human caused or reversible.
Kinda giggling here,
Saw a 100 city list that showed the worst air quality in the world.
I remember that Kabul was on there, but don’t recall whether any other city was not from either India or China.
But, Kyoto.
I remember a group of engineers from the co. I worked for who went to China in the early 2000’s came back with burns on their heads from acid rain, which was so bad that it killed all of the birds in that city.
But sure, we need to buy a hybrid and become vegan to save the world! 
Are you actually retarded? Serious question.
No matter what one may think of climate change, I’d love to hear how stealing more of my money turns the government into captain planet.
You misquoted, and genuinely appear to have misunderstood the article to which you yourself linked, so the name-calling is entirely unjustified.
Strident and wilfully ignorant is a bad look.
If your co-driver says you must hit the brakes in 4 seconds to avoid hitting a wall, you shouldn’t be crowing 6 seconds later with your foot on the gas that you’re in one piece. You’re still heading for the wall.
Do have another read. Your anger is misplaced.
Did we solve the greenhouse effect problem? If not, it’s now out of human control. We may as well enjoy our remaining time.
Imo this is the crux of a lot of it for me irt activism/regs. Many of the climate change ‘survival’ mechanisms also assume a ludicrous amount of advancement in an age where we’d rather talk about the latest Kardashian. You can’t make a change that monumental (green dead lul) without intense public buyin.
And the public isn’t really going to care until it’s too late. Like they do with fuckin literally everything.
You have a gambling addiction.
It will be fun if it goes down. You’ll have people smiling saying “told ya” as horrific things happen. Probably tweeting it instead of helping. And you’ll have other people saying “couldn’t be stopped and the things we tried didn’t work.” Probably tweeting it instead of helping.
But yeah this will only happen for a short time before we start to obsess over pictures of celebrities kids or something.