Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for September 10, 2019

It’s all in the leverage.

Don’t forget to parrot the popular stand on things like global warming.

@Qiset

“Popular stand” …

So why did the oil companies try to hide it?

Occam’s Razor would suggest that they are trying to privatize the profits…

…and socialize the costs

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2018/sep/19/shell-and-exxons-secret-1980s-climate-change-warnings

“In the 1980s, oil companies like Exxon and Shell carried out internal assessments of the carbon dioxide released by fossil fuels, and forecast the planetary consequences of these emissions.

“In 1982, for example, Exxon predicted that by about 2060, CO2 levels would reach around 560 parts per million – double the preindustrial level – and that this would push the planet’s average temperatures up by about 2°C over then-current levels (and even more compared to pre-industrial levels).”

“Shell’s assessment foresaw a one-meter sea-level rise, and noted that warming could also fuel disintegration of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, resulting in a worldwide rise in sea level of “five to six meters.” That would be enough to inundate entire low-lying countries.”

‘Shell’s analysts also warned of the “disappearance of specific ecosystems or habitat destruction,” predicted an increase in “runoff, destructive floods, and inundation of low-lying farmland,” and said that “new sources of freshwater would be required” to compensate for changes in precipitation. Global changes in air temperature would also “drastically change the way people live and work.” All told, Shell concluded, “the changes may be the greatest in recorded history.”’

To become rich the best way now is to sell your opinions in court-cases and on TV. Just say what the corporations tell you.

Like all human endeavors, the sciences are subject to exploitation for personal gain.

I think this kind of thing worked out well for Isaac Asimov

Type A scientist is a real published one who goes to research when needed.

Type B are small time scientists who are more in it for publicity than actual dedicated scientist.