"Explaining oil exec's denial of climate change"

[Trakar]

In the Spotlight: Explaining oil exec's denial of climate change

The proclamation by Rex Tillerson, president, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil, that there's just too much hullabaloo surrounding claims of human-induced climate change is the best evidence yet that our science education has been broken for more than one or two generations.

Heck, this guy is my age - just hit the big 60 - even has a bachelor of science degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Yet he makes such a statement and then attempts to justify it.

So is it science illiteracy that guided his tongue or his role as the chairman of a corporation that benefits from such prognostications?...
...Whether science or religion justifies lifestyle change - this is a miniscule blue marble in the vastness of space, yet we do seem to be the only place where life exists - it seems the Rex Tillersons of this world need to consider the science of climate change and make lifestyle changes that minimize the injection of gases from fossil fuels into the atmosphere...

...Larry Kellerman is a doctor of science education and an adjunct professor at Illinois Central College. He lives in Washington.

Why does the western portion of this country, and the northwestern half in particular, seem to understand this so much more clearly than the rest?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Remember when Einstein tried to silence the deniers by claiming he had "Consensus"?

 

[Trakar]

Remember when Einstein tried to silence the deniers by claiming he had "Consensus"?

Enlighten me.

 

[RollingThunder]

Remember when Einstein tried to silence the deniers by claiming he had "Consensus"?

Oh, CrazyFrank, a clueless retard like you isn't fit to tie Einstein's shoes, let alone comprehend anything he said.

 

[onecut39]

There is little need to explain an oil exec's denial of warming.

 

[Trakar]

There is little need to explain an oil exec's denial of warming.

I disagree, not that the primary motivation range isn't discernible, but rather that the only way to shift the behaviors is through shifting their perspective of the issues providing that motivation. Sticks are less effective than carrots, though occassionaly combinations of sticks and carrots are neccessary.