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Skybird · 01-10-09, 06:13 AM

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123146091530566335.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Hoppla!

However, things are not always what they seem. The motivation behing this U-turn may be a different one than immediately imagined:

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...d-1297558.html

So the move now may just be an attempt to avoid even worse chnages to the company's profit interests. In the past, Exxon has been known to be a major spender for professionally run groups and public relations organisations that try to campaign for bringing the global warming argument into miscredit in order to prevent changes to the established economic dogmas:

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=3187694&page=1 (beware, this link is from May 2007)

01-10-09, 06:13 AM	#1
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,629 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Not a small coup: Exxon CEO Advocates Emissions Tax http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123146091530566335.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Hoppla! However, things are not always what they seem. The motivation behing this U-turn may be a different one than immediately imagined: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/wo...d-1297558.html So the move now may just be an attempt to avoid even worse chnages to the company's profit interests. In the past, Exxon has been known to be a major spender for professionally run groups and public relations organisations that try to campaign for bringing the global warming argument into miscredit in order to prevent changes to the established economic dogmas: http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Story?id=3187694&page=1 (beware, this link is from May 2007) __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert. Last edited by Skybird; 01-10-09 at 07:20 AM.