In a Federal District Court in San Francisco, five oil companies argued before a judge on facts that uphold the 95-100 percent likelihood that human activity has been the dominant cause of the global warming of Earth since the mid-20th century.
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That these oil producers agreed to the role they are playing in climate change is worth noting.
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Of the fossil-fuel industry, only Chevron gave a presentation, with representatives of four other oil companies in the audience.
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“Chevron accepts the consensus in the scientific communities on climate change,” said Boutrous.
“There’s no debate about climate science.” Boutrous made the case that oil companies are not directly responsible for climate change.
Rather, he said, humanity’s larger economic decisions are to blame. Boutrous told Judge Alsup that the “IPCC does not say it’s the extraction of fossil fuels [that causes climate change], it’s the energy use — the economic activity — that generates emissions.”
Boutrous deflected the blame to users of fossil fuels.
In other words, oil doesn’t cause climate change. People burning oil causes climate change.
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In this manner, the oil companies attested to Judge Alsup that they agreed with Chevron’s presentation and offered no corrections to the record.
Royal Dutch Shell went further and told Alsup that “the IPCC reports collect and assess information from a wide variety of sources including thousands of scientists around the globe and present a broad-based consensus view regarding climate change science.”
This last statement is noteworthy coming from a large oil company, that a consensus view in fact does exist regarding climate-change science.
Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett has a point of agreement with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the progressive Democratic presidential frontrunner who’s racked up early primary wins as a “democratic socialist.”
“We ought to do better by the people that get left behind by our capitalist system,” the billionaire investor said in a CNBC interview. “I don’t think we should kill the capitalist system in the process.”
The longtime Democrat went on: “We should make sure the golden goose keeps laying more eggs and it’s worked wonderfully since 1776.”
While he declined to weigh in on the Democratic primary, Buffett said he backed the idea of better regulating a system that has failed to spread its riches to many average Americans.
“I’m very much in sympathy with the fact that Senator Sanders believes that a lot of people are getting left behind and through no fault of their own,” he said. “And there’s all kinds of aspects of capitalism that need, in some ways, to be regulated.”
Buffett later said: “I do believe that anybody who’s willing to work 40 hours a week and has a couple kids should not have to have a second job.”
Why is it that Winslow, the designated liberal, espouses the populist/Trump/republican position, while Carmen, the designated republican is espousing the liberal position?
Cheapskate0 over 3 years ago
After yesterday’s installment, this one kind of spoils it…
Kurtass Premium Member over 3 years ago
Shouldn’t Carmen be eatin the cookie and let the crumbs trickle down on Winslow?
Ignatz Premium Member over 3 years ago
Winslow is a CEO?
Carmen needs to join a union.
Silly Season over 3 years ago
Diminishing resource?
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In a Federal District Court in San Francisco, five oil companies argued before a judge on facts that uphold the 95-100 percent likelihood that human activity has been the dominant cause of the global warming of Earth since the mid-20th century.
✁
That these oil producers agreed to the role they are playing in climate change is worth noting.✁
Of the fossil-fuel industry, only Chevron gave a presentation, with representatives of four other oil companies in the audience.
✁
“Chevron accepts the consensus in the scientific communities on climate change,” said Boutrous.
“There’s no debate about climate science.” Boutrous made the case that oil companies are not directly responsible for climate change.
Rather, he said, humanity’s larger economic decisions are to blame. Boutrous told Judge Alsup that the “IPCC does not say it’s the extraction of fossil fuels [that causes climate change], it’s the energy use — the economic activity — that generates emissions.”
Boutrous deflected the blame to users of fossil fuels.
In other words, oil doesn’t cause climate change. People burning oil causes climate change.
✁
In this manner, the oil companies attested to Judge Alsup that they agreed with Chevron’s presentation and offered no corrections to the record.
Royal Dutch Shell went further and told Alsup that “the IPCC reports collect and assess information from a wide variety of sources including thousands of scientists around the globe and present a broad-based consensus view regarding climate change science.”
This last statement is noteworthy coming from a large oil company, that a consensus view in fact does exist regarding climate-change science.
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https://www.independent.com/2020/09/12/oil-companies-admit-to-contributing-to-climate-change-and-blame-you/
William Robbins Premium Member over 3 years ago
‘I Feel Sorry for Americans’: A Baffled World Watches the U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/25/world/asia/trump-united-states.html
Silly Season over 3 years ago
Berkshire Hathaway chief Warren Buffett has a point of agreement with Sen. Bernie Sanders, the progressive Democratic presidential frontrunner who’s racked up early primary wins as a “democratic socialist.”
“We ought to do better by the people that get left behind by our capitalist system,” the billionaire investor said in a CNBC interview. “I don’t think we should kill the capitalist system in the process.”
The longtime Democrat went on: “We should make sure the golden goose keeps laying more eggs and it’s worked wonderfully since 1776.”
While he declined to weigh in on the Democratic primary, Buffett said he backed the idea of better regulating a system that has failed to spread its riches to many average Americans.
“I’m very much in sympathy with the fact that Senator Sanders believes that a lot of people are getting left behind and through no fault of their own,” he said. “And there’s all kinds of aspects of capitalism that need, in some ways, to be regulated.”
Buffett later said: “I do believe that anybody who’s willing to work 40 hours a week and has a couple kids should not have to have a second job.”
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https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/warren-buffett-agree-bernie-sanders-capitalism-regulation-socialism-election-vote-2020-2-1028932198?op=1#
timbob2313 Premium Member over 3 years ago
Why is it that Winslow, the designated liberal, espouses the populist/Trump/republican position, while Carmen, the designated republican is espousing the liberal position?
mistercatworks over 3 years ago
OK, you’ve done “the speech”. Maybe you should wrestle him for the next cookie now.