Exxon Predicted 2019’s Ominous CO2 Milestone In 1982
Bloomberg reporter Tom Randall revisited the memos in light of the world’s new carbon dioxide milestone and tweeted a graph from one showing just how much Exxon knew what our future would look like. It’s eerie seeing how well the company understood both climate science and the world’s patterns of economic growth built on the back of fossil fuels. Here’s that chart, annotated for ease of reading:
Red lines show where Exxon thought the world’s carbon dioxide levels and temperatures would be at around 2019.
Source: earther.gizmodo.com