It's "highly unlikely" this report will pass the laugh test.

On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:41 PM, Eugene Coyle <[email protected]> wrote:

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> AP story 3/31/14
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> Exxon: Highly Unlikely World Limits Fossil Fuels
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> NEW YORK -- Exxon Mobil says that global policies to combat climate change
> won't be strict enough to stop the company from selling all of the oiland
> gas it has found -- and all that it will find in the foreseeable future, It
> says the fuels are too important for global economic development.
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> Exxon issued a report Monday on the risks that climate change policies
> could pose to the company's assets and future profitability in response to
> shareholder concerns that the assets that underpin the company's value will
> be worth less as society restricts consumption to fight climate change.
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> Exxon's report, the first detailed response to these concerns by a major
> oil company, says governments are "highly unlikely" to adopt policies that
> sharply cut emissions because they would choke economic growth.
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> Time to focus on reducing -- with economic justice -- consumption.  To me
> that means, and can only mean, a sharp cut in the work week with no cut in
> pay.
>
> Gene
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