“Not a problem we can solve”, says the eminently reasonable Axios, whose “partners” include Koch Bros and British Petroleum:
“The bottom line: Climate change is not a problem we can solve, full stop, like diabetes isn’t completely curable. The best we can do is simultaneously cut carbon emissions and adapt to a warmer planet.”
To contextualize “reasonable”, note an Axios sponsor (“partner”) is Koch Brothers.
Some history: Exxon-Mobile scientists knew of the adverse effects of carbon on the atmosphere in 1970s. For at least 40 years, the carbon industry’s been supporting anti-climate change propaganda and denying its existence.
We could do something about it now. We could have done more then., but sales of oil, gas and coal would have suffered along with the industry’s profits.
Now, the media (and soon the industry) line will be: “Oh, everyone always knew global warming was man-made and real. We just have to deal with it now.”
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“The best we can do is simultaneously cut carbon emissions and adapt to a warmer planet.”
But the fossil fuel industry works diligently to increase the use of carbon-based fuels. opposed to cutting carbon emissions and funds twenty-two US Senators to block legislation cutting carbon emissions.
A Guardian survey of Federal Elections Commission data organized by the Center for Responsive Politics found that the [oil, gas and coal ] industries gave a total of $10,694,284 to the 22 senators over the past three election cycles.”
Source for oil, gas & coal industry donations to twenty-two Republican Senators:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jun/01/republican-senators-paris-climate-deal-energy-donations
Source for Exxon’s knowledge:
Harvard science historian Naomi Oreskes and postdoctoral fellow Geoffrey Suprananalyzed internal, scientific, and public-facing communications from Exxon Mobil. They found the vast majority of the company’s peer-reviewed papers and internal documents confirmed that climate change is real and caused by human activity. But Exxon’s communications with the public through paid editorials, or ‘advertorials’, in the New York Times promoted climate skepticism.
And
http://graphics.latimes.com/exxon-arctic/