Exxon knew that fossil fuels were influencing the climate in 1978

Re:Exxon knew that fossil fuels were influencing the climate... by Reedx on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @08:55PM (#19987271)

> The accuracy of their predictions are chilling — they anticipated (in their "21st Century Study-High Growth Scenario") that in 2020 atmospheric CO2 levels would fall between 400 and 420 ppm. They also foresaw the accompanying sea level rise, melting of polar ice sheets, change of rainfall patterns, and agricultural failures.

Wow. How does this compare to other predictions at the time?

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Re:Exxon knew that fossil fuels were influencing the climate... by Maarten88 on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @09:11PM (#19987368)

Maybe they were somewhat later, but Shell oil knew too. They did similar research and came to the same conclusions. Here is a video they made in 1991 warning about climate change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTlYYlRN0LY

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Re:Exxon knew that fossil fuels were influencing the climate... by sbarker on Wednesday May 22, 2019 @09:02PM (#19987312)

Nostradamus.

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