Blog 3- Activity EXXON Mobil videos

EXXON Mobil are selfish, they support the scientists that mislead the public into believing lies and false theories about global warming.

We shouldn't lay laws on what people are able to say, this is the most obvious right; the freedom of speech. If people have proof to back up what they are saying then the government has no right to edit the work. EXXON Mobil is paying scientists to block the message that global warming is a severe crisis. Along with EXXON blocking this message there is the white house doing the same. The video I viewed (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUyQMYiRCcw) on EXXON Mobil said that Philip Cooney, who is a lawyer working for the government as council of environmental quality, edited papers on global warming with a heavy hand. After Cooney resigned from the White House, he then went on to work for Exxon Mobil. In this video it spoke about a paper called "Our Changing Planet" that was passed through a political screen. Cooney was the one editing this paper, he made changes such as: "the world is undergoing change" to "the world may be undergoing change". The phrase "we are heading to a point of no return" was completely vanished and the word danger could not be used.

This makes you think about what is really happening in the white behind closed doors? What pieces of information do they have that we do not know about? How can politicians be in denial of these scientific facts being true or not?

We have been using fossil fuels for over a century now, there are ways to get out of this rut we are in, there are ways faster than we think. Fossil fuels are costing more money than the leading energy sources which happen to be sustainable. We have the opportunity, the choice to use different things.. Since the United States are the largest contributors of greenhouse gases, they should be the first to fund new technologies and lead on implementing them.

We have to make these clean technologies available to those who want to make knowledgeable decisions, not only to those who can afford them.

The government of Canada does offer fairly valuable benefits for those who invest in energy saving products and technologies, these can include building your proper home with geothermal earth power, this would cut your annual energy bills from 50% to 70%. Not forgetting to mention that this system is environmentally friendly, it draws on soil temperature to heat or cool your home.

The eco-ENERGY Retrofit Homes program offers a $4,375 grant for geothermal installations that replace an existing heating system.

The video did not shock me too much because politicians in business suites for me all work together. They work for the same reason, some cash in their pocket. These politians, in fact every person, has to start putting some thought and feeling into what actions they do, what they write and what they teach. Doing so we would be able to have a clear image that the Earth's services will be extremely expensive if not impossible to offer for future generations.