Whatever #JoeBiden's pious word the US #oil sector does not look to be stepping back from record production anytime soon... indeed, the oil price is being kept low at a time of #OPEC capacity limits but this US production.
#Exxon are planning 10% uplift in production, but they (as the cart shows) are not alone.
"Ich war als junger Wissenschaftler überzeugt:
Die Datenlage ist jetzt klar, jetzt wird #Klimaschutz gemacht... Ich hätte mir nicht träumen lassen... was für eine massive Gegenwehr von #Lobby -Gruppen... Fortschritt beim Klimaschutz verhindert hat.
So dass die #Emissionen bis heute weiter ansteigen."
( @rahmstorf )
Die "Global Climate Coalition" (1989):
Konzerne wie #MercedesBenz oder #Exxon fördern mit "Hunderten von Mio. Dollar" die Verbreitung von Falschbehauptungen.
At #COP28, the CEO of #Exxon tells the FT that the #greentransition 'is not limited to just wind, solar and EVs,... Carbon capture is going to play a role. We’re good at that. We know how to do it, we can contribute. Hydrogen will play a role. Biofuels will play a role'!
Of course, despite the #technologies of renewable power being now proven, because the #fossilfuels firms are 'good at' other untried & difficult technologies they want to emphasise those.
Seit Ende der 70er Jahre weiss man vom #Treibhauseffekt, auch dank der millionenschweren Forschung von #Exxon. Seit allerspätestens 1995 (Madrid) weiss man, dass der Mensch die #Erderwärmung stark beeinflusst und damit den #Klimawandel vorantreibt. Trotzdem gibt es noch heute viele #Klimaleugner, die lieber sorglos der #Katastrophe entgegenleben, anstatt sich zu ändern und zu transformieren. Das sagt doch eigentlich alles über unsere nutzlose Spezies aus. 🤷♂️
So, apparently, this #Lithium project didn't pan out because the brine was so corrosive, it destroyed the equipment used to process it. YIKES! #Exxon is planning on using a similar process (closed loop extraction) in #Arkansas.
General Motors looks to California for its next lithium supply
The US automaker is investing in closed-loop extraction from the Salton Sea.
Jonathan M. Gitlin - 7/2/2021,
"CTR's Hell's Kitchen project will extract lithium salts from geothermal brine in the Salton Sea. By using heat from the brine to power the processing, it hopes to produce 15,000 tons of lithium carbonate and 49.9 MW of energy in 2023."
I just came across a piece about #LithiumMining in #Arkansas using a method touted to be "greener". Like I'm always saying, if something sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't true. Also, #ExxonLied then -- who's to say they aren't now?!
Some questions about the plan to mine lithium in south Arkansas
By Sam Watson
November 14, 2023
"What are the environmental impacts here? This question is difficult to answer at this point. Normal lithium extraction is quite #environmentally damaging; it often involves treating brine containing lithium with sulfuric acid and letting the liquid evaporate in open pools, leaving lithium behind. #Exxon stated that they’d use something called 'direct lithium extraction.' There are several versions of this process, but we don’t yet know what Exxon will use. All of them have different environmental impacts, some more severe than others. The key here will be regulation and monitoring, but we have serious concerns here. The Division of Environmental Quality may not have capacity for this kind of continuous monitoring and the state’s friendliness to #OilAndGas makes us worried that upfront regulations to protect the #environment and people of south Arkansas will be lacking at best."
This is Darren Woods, the current CEO of Exxon. He doesn't want you to think of him as a villain.
He wants you to "consider all options, even those that don't align with your ideology," while ruling out options that don't align with his free market ideology.
He wants "market-based solutions," but he also wants taxpayer investments in technologies that would keep Exxon in business--like carbon capture.
He says we need to "get real," while proposing that no slowdown of international trade is permissible.
"Oil and gas companies reliably provide affordable products essential to modern life. Making them into villains is easy. But it does nothing – absolutely nothing – to accomplish the goal of reducing emissions," he says, without presenting any evidence that recognizing the evil of Exxon and its human agents hurts the goal of reducing emissions.
"Back in 1979, #Exxon had privately studied options for avoiding #GlobalWarming. It found that with immediate action, if the industry moved away from #FossilFuels and instead focused on #renewable energy, fossil fuel pollution could start to decline in the 1990s and a major #ClimateCrisis could be avoided.
"But the industry didn't pursue that path. Instead, colleagues and I recently found that in the late 1980s, Exxon and other oil companies coordinated a global effort to dispute #ClimateScience, block fossil fuel controls and keep their products flowing.
"We know about it through internal documents and the words of industry insiders, who are now beginning to share what they saw with the public. We also know that in 1989, the fossil fuel industry created something called the Global Climate Coalition—but it wasn't an environmental group like the name suggests; instead, it worked to sow doubt about climate change and lobbied lawmakers to block clean energy legislation and climate treaties throughout the 1990s.
"For example, in 1997, the Global Climate Coalition's chairman, William O'Keefe, who was also an executive vice president for the American Petroleum Institute, wrote in the Washington Post that 'Climate scientists don't say that burning oil, gas and coal is steadily warming the earth,' contradicting what the industry had known for decades. The fossil fuel industry also funded think tanks and biased studies that helped slow progress to a crawl."
After failed bid to crack down on price gougers last year, #Schumer, #Klobuchar, #Warren, #Sanders want new probe of huge #Exxon & #Chevron oil deals that could lead to higher gas prices, harm to operators, and depress wages.
Exxon's & Chevron's vertically integrated operations may harm smaller competitors. Both announced huge profits from strong energy prices since #Russia's invasion of #Ukraine. The oil deals could supercharge both companies' outsized political power.
>> The oil deals could supercharge both companies' outsized political power.
The companies already have a great deal of political power.
Don't forget that #Trump appointed chairman of #Exxon, Rex #Tillerson, as his Secretary of State. Prior to his appointment by Trump, Tillerson made business deals with #Russia on behalf of Exxon. After his appointment, he opposed US #sanctions against Russia. Halfway through his term Trump fired Tillerson on soured relations.
@kevinrns it's good to point this out because more people should be aware of those facts. Thanks for the interesting exchange of ideas!
Unfortunately antisocial behavior is often a byproduct of the #corporatocracy. It's rampant in every industry. That's why people often rail against the #meat and #dairy industries, or the #mining industry, or the #pharmaceutical industry, to name a few.
Corporations used to be held accountable for their behavior. Their charters were revoked if they failed to benefit society. That kept corporations in check.
Now through relentless lobbying and legal maneuvers, corporations now have more rights than actual human persons, compounded by the fact that they never die. It's hardly fair and easy to see why we are in this #conundrum.
They are humanity's Frankenstein - out of control, with no allegiance to real people or life in general.
“The value of the stolen data, as measured by the amount of money Azari was paid by his clients to direct the #hacking efforts and provide stolen data, was more than approximately $4.8 million.” #Exxon
Exxon Purchase of Fracking Giant Shows It Is 'Hellbent on Driving the Thermostat Even Higher'
"This deal shows that Exxon is doubling down on fossil fuels and has no intention of moving towards clean energy," argued one climate campaigner.
ExxonMobil announced Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire shale competitor Pioneer Natural Resources in an all-stock deal worth nearly $60 billion, a move seen as further evidence
After years of denial, #Exxon finally acknowledged in 2006 that burning #fossilfuels causes #climatechange. But behind closed doors, Exxon took a very different strategy.
Documents reviewed by The #WSJ show that its executives strategised on how to downplay concerns about global warming and they tried to muddle scientific findings that might harm its oil and gas business.
Fossil fuel companies should be excluded from all current and future climate discussions.
Since the 1970s, #Exxon#climate modellers have predicted that the use of #fossilfuels could lead to global warming with “dramatic environmental effects before the year 2050.” Graph 👇
However, despite their own scientific evidence, Exxon publicly dismissed the reality and urgency of #ClimateChange and funded groups that spread misinformation & doubt about the issue. This is a clear example of how corporate interests can undermine scientific integrity and public trust.