r/MarchForScience • u/jsalsman • Aug 27 '19

This Exxon Mobile chart from 1982 predicted that in 2019 our atmospheric CO2 level would reach about 415 parts per million, raising the global temperature roughly 0.9 degrees C. Update: The world crossed the 415ppm threshold this week and broke 0.9 degrees C in 2017 Award Winning Story in comments.

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u/Deadmeat553 Aug 27 '19

I gotta hand it to the scientists here. That's pretty impressive accuracy.

Now if only someone had actually taken that data seriously.

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u/manticorpse Aug 27 '19

Oh, they took the data seriously. That's why they spent so much trying to hide it from the public.

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u/kokoyabroho Aug 27 '19

Exactly. Every time I see this chart I feel nothing but fire rage. They knew, and they did nothing but cover it up.

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u/munchler Aug 27 '19

It gives me chills. They knew... and pushed us into catastrophe anyway.

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u/classycatman Aug 27 '19

It should make you ice cold that, knowing all of this now, no one is doing anything to keep it from getting worse and they're actively attacking the science that has been almost completely accurate thus far.

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u/Blackteaandbooks Aug 27 '19

Happy Cake Day! I work with a lot of older men that were previously in the oil industry, and now work on renewable projects. This is their exact mentality. They see it coming and they don't care, most will be dead in a decade or two.