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[Lila Belle]

"What good is it to save the planet if humanity suffers ?"- Rex W. Tillerson, Exxon Mobile

[Buck-i-Nana]

His statement is way off the mark.  The reality is that the "planet" will survive no matter what.  It's the majority of the lifeforms on the planet that will not survive if we continue down the path we're currently on.

[Drythe]

Totally self serving rhetoric.

[Shorty2U]

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@Buck-i-Nana wrote:

His statement is way off the mark.  The reality is that the "planet" will survive no matter what.  It's the majority of the lifeforms on the planet that will not survive if we continue down the path we're currently on.

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I agree with Buck-i-Nana!

[GingerPeach]

He said that at a shareholders' meeting in 2013 in reference to cutting carbon emissions.

What he didn't take into account - or didn't want to - (and @Drythe is completely correct in that his statement was self-serving) is that cutting carbon emissions directly improves human life (and the life of everything else on the planet) by creating a healthier environment.  

[HappyDaze]

The Earth will eventually take care of itself if we don't take care of it. We are like a virus on this planet and the Earth knows how to rid itself of the virus. The Earth will continue on long after we are gone.

[Lila Belle]

So, HappyDaze, we let it go down the tubes without any inhabitants ? No people, animals, plant life ?

[Lucky Charm]

Even if you vehemently disagree with this statement, unless you're Ed Begley, Jr., you're part of the problem and not a part of the solution.

Changing out your lightbulbs is one thing.  But generating your own electricity (peddling a bicycle real fast?) to operate your computer would be a good start.

[HappyDaze]

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@Lila Belle wrote:

So, HappyDaze, we let it go down the tubes without any inhabitants ? No people, animals, plant life ?

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I don't want it to go down the tubes, that is the point. But if we continue the way we are, we will destroy ourselves. Earth will rid itself of us eventually. Plants will survive and, hopefully, animals. Look at Chernobyl- animal and plants are thriving in that area even though it is still radioactive but because there are no humans to muck it all up for them. There are studies showing that it is direct human influence (hunting, loss of habitat, etc) that is the biggest risk for animals and their survival, even more so than radioactive material! Pretty sad.

[SHIRAZ]

So if we don't "save" the planet, humanity WON"T suffer?????    I think in his statement "humanity suffers" means be inconvenienced.  Let's face it.  Truth can be inconvenient.