Did The Guardian Just Blow Up the Exxon Knew Narrative?
10 hours ago Eric Worrall 36 Comments
Essay by Eric Worrall
So much for the big secret big oil conspiracy. Marathon Oil published an article in 1977 in a company periodical suggesting CO2 might cause mass starvation.
US oil company ran 1977 article predicting climate crisis could cause starvation
Marathon Petroleum predecessor warned of potential for ‘social and economic calamities’ in decades-old publication
Geoff Dembicki Thu 18 Jul 2024 22.00 AESTShare
The corporate predecessor to America’s largest refiner of oil, Marathon Petroleum, explained in a company periodical nearly 50 years ago that global temperature rise potentially linked to “industrial expansion” could one day cause “widespread starvation and other social and economic calamities”.
This decades-old description of climate breakdown is from a 1977 issue of the magazine Marathon World and is attributed in the article by an unnamed author to several experts including a scientist working for a top US agency.
“Although climatologists disagree on the underlying reasons, many see a future climate of greater variability, bringing with it areas of extreme drought,” said the magazine, previously published by Marathon Oil Company, which later split into Marathon Petroleum as well as the exploration and production company Marathon Oil.
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