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<font size="+2"><font face="Calibri"><i><b>October 16</b></i></font></font><font
size="+2" face="Calibri"><i><b>, 2023</b></i></font><font
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ video opinion "a bit of a double whammy
here!"]<br>
</i> </font><font face="Calibri"><b>We need to talk about
ANTARCTICA...AGAIN!!</b><br>
Just Have a Think</font><br>
<font face="Calibri">Oct 15, 2023<br>
Global ocean surface temperatures are so high that climate
scientists are describing them as "off the charts". September 2023
global average surface temperatures obliterated the previous
record high, causing those same scientists to declare the result
'shocking' and 'out of control'. The consequences for the world's
largest ice sheet are already measurable. The 2023 Antarctic Sea
ice maximum was more than a million square kilometres lower than
the previous low record. Now two scientific research teams
published data on just how bad it is likely to get.<br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ No, you are not paranoid (at least about
this issue) ]<br>
</i></font><font face="Calibri"><b>Big Oil Paying Millions To
Social Media Influencers To Target Millennials</b><br>
By Alex Kimani - Aug 21, 2023,<br>
Big oil and gas companies are paying millions to influencers on
social media and PR firms to market their companies to a younger
audience.<br>
Nora Capistrano Sangalang--a TikTok and Instagram influencer with
1.7 million followers--has partnered with Shell to promote their
loyalty program.<br>
Exxon Mobil’s newly minted ‘Low Carbon’ segment is the kind of
sustainable businesses that Big Oil is desperately trying to be
identified with by younger generations.<br>
<br>
Big oil and gas companies like Exxon Mobil Corp. (NYSE:XOM) and
Shell Plc (NYSE:SHEL) have been working with social media
influencers and PR firms that help them target millennials and
younger generations, Business Insider has reported. According to
the publication, more than 100 influencers have partnered with oil
companies since 2017.<br>
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<p><font face="Calibri">"They are trying to win the trust of a
younger generation. They're not just promoting a particular
product, but trying to alter their perception in the public eye
and maintain their social license" Sam Bright, DeSmog's UK
deputy editor, has told The Post.</font></p>
<font face="Calibri">"Many don't know we are also, in a disciplined
way, investing billions in low-carbon solutions and products in
support of a balanced energy transition. Making customers aware of
those products by way of advertising on social media is one way we
pursue business performance and a valid part of our marketing
activities,"Shell spokesperson Curtis Smith has told The Post.<br>
<br>
"ExxonMobil, like many companies, works with influencers to
educate consumers about the full benefits of our rewards program,"
Julie King, a spokesperson for ExxonMobil, has told Insider.<br>
<br>
Nora Capistrano Sangalang--a TikTok and Instagram influencer with
1.7 million followers--has partnered with Shell to promote their
loyalty program while Meredith Steele--a TikTok influencer with 1
million followers--partnered with ExxonMobil last year to promote
their rewards app. <br>
<br>
But Big Oil companies aren't working alone. Edelman, a public
relations firm, is working with Shell to promote it to millennials
and younger audiences<br>
<br>
"The company tasked Edelman with the job of giving millennials a
reason to connect emotionally with Shell's commitment to a
sustainable future. We needed them to forget their prejudices
about 'big oil' and think differently about Shell," Edelman's
website reads.<br>
<br>
<b>Sustainable Businesses</b><br>
Exxon Mobil’s newly minted ‘Low Carbon’ segment is the kind of
sustainable businesses that Big Oil is desperately trying to be
identified with by younger generations<br>
<br>
Back in February, Exxon pulled the plug on its 14-year-long algae
biofuels project, becoming the last oil company to abandon what
was once considered the fuel of the future. The whole idea was not
without merit, though. Algae do have some clear advantages over
other biofuel candidates, mainly because these photosynthetic
microorganisms are super-efficient at converting sunlight into
biomass, have high lipid content of up to 80% for some varieties
and are more versatile than, say, corn, a common biofuel crop. <br>
<br>
Unfortunately, Exxon and its Big Oil cohorts discovered that it's
too tough to make the economics of algae biofuels competitive with
those of much cheaper crude, with algae-based bioproducts firm
Cellana estimating that crude would have to hit ~$500/bbl for
algae biofuels to compete successfully.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Big-Oil-Paying-Millions-To-Social-Media-Influencers-To-Target-Millennials.html">https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Big-Oil-Paying-Millions-To-Social-Media-Influencers-To-Target-Millennials.html</a><br>
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<p><font face="Calibri"><b>Oil companies are approaching influencers
and enlisting PR firms to reach younger generations on social
media</b><br>
Katie Hawkinson Aug 19, 2023, 1:05 PM PDT<br>
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<li><font face="Calibri">TikTok influencers with millions of
followers are partnering with companies like ExxonMobil and
Shell.</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">These companies are also using PR firms
that help them target millenials and younger generations, The
Washington Post reports.</font></li>
<li><font face="Calibri">"They are trying to win the trust of a
younger generation," one investigative reporter said.</font></li>
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<p><font face="Calibri">"ExxonMobil, like many companies, works with
influencers to educate consumers about the full benefits of our
rewards program," Julie King, a spokesperson for ExxonMobil,
told Insider.<br>
<br>
Both outlets cited TikTok and Instagram influencer Nora
Capistrano Sangalang — with 1.7 million followers — partnered
with Shell to promote their loyalty program. Another example
includes Meredith Steele — a TikTok influencer with 1 million
followers — also partnered with ExxonMobil last year to promote
their rewards app. <br>
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<p><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-companies-are-partnering-with-social-media-influencers-2023-8">https://www.businessinsider.com/oil-companies-are-partnering-with-social-media-influencers-2023-8</a></font></p>
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<font face="Calibri">[ Says Barron's ]<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>OIL COMPANIES ARE PAYING SOCIAL MEDIA
INFLUENCERS <br>
</b></font><font face="Calibri">By Linnea Pedersen, Roland LLOYD
PARRY<br>
August 29, 2023<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Oil companies are paying popular influencers to
pump their gas on social media, sparking a backlash from some
climate-conscious fans for promoting planet-warming fossil fuels
among young people.<br>
<br>
Young online celebrities best known for posting about video games,
their dogs or their holidays to millions of followers are also
dropping in unexpected plugs for gasoline stations, fuel rewards
and club cards.<br>
<br>
AFP found cases of such spots in India, Mexico, South Africa and
the United States that promoted major oil firms such as BP,
Chevron, ExxonMobil, Shell and TotalEnergies on platforms
including Instagram, TikTok and Twitch.<br>
<br>
"Come with me to get some snacks at my family Shell gas station,"
says one TikTok influencer, dubbed The Petrol Princess, who
usually models wigs for her 2.7 million followers.<br>
<br>
Her account is tagged as a "paid partnership" in line with the
platform's rules.<br>
<br>
In a separate investigation, DeSmog, a news site reporting on
climate disinformation, said it found more than 100 influencers
who had promoted oil and gas companies -- including a Filipina
grandmother who usually posts about her family.<br>
<br>
Analysts say companies are targeting young people on social media
to shore up their oil and gas-based business even as countries
seek cleaner alternatives to limit global warming, which is caused
overwhelmingly by burning fossil fuels.<br>
<br>
"Many young people are well aware of the urgency of the climate
crisis and take a dim view of fossil fuel companies," which are
now seeking to "build up social capital" with such audiences, said
Melissa Aronczyk, a professor of communication and information at
Rutgers University.<br>
<br>
Some sponsored posts have received a mixed welcome.<br>
<br>
One gamer, who has 178,000 followers for her @chica account on
Instagram, drew sighs of dismay with a recent post showcasing a
new Shell-sponsored feature in the video game Fortnite.<br>
<br>
"I understand you have to make money but advertising a fossil fuel
company in 2023 ain't the way," wrote one of her followers.<br>
<br>
AFP found videos promoting products for US oil giant ExxonMobil,
including one by a pregnant mother at a gas station using the
company's rewards programme, and one by a wedding-themed
influencer.<br>
<br>
"ExxonMobil, like many companies, works with influencers to
educate consumers about the full benefits of our fuel rewards
program," company media relations spokesperson Lauren Kight told
AFP in an email.<br>
<br>
A Shell spokesperson who asked not to be named told AFP it used
advertising and social media to promote its low-carbon products,
but declined to provide examples. They would not comment on the
paid partnerships for petrol products.<br>
<br>
In a search of Shell renewable fuel-related hashtags, AFP found
just a handful of Instagram posts promoting its electric
car-charging application.<br>
<br>
BP, Chevron and TotalEnergies did not respond to requests to
comment.<br>
<br>
Duncan Meisel, executive director of Clean Creatives, a campaign
to encourage PR and advertising professionals to abandon
fossil-fuel clients, said an influencer ad for fossil fuels was
"probably less questionable than one focused on greenwashing" -–
where companies exaggerate their climate efforts.<br>
<br>
But he judged it "more ethically suspect in other ways, because
it's encouraging more use of a product that is actively harming
people."<br>
<br>
He said it was hard to gauge the scale of such advertising due to
inconsistent labelling.<br>
<br>
In one snapshot, analysis published in 2021 by the think tank
InfluenceMap found that oil companies spent $10 million on
Facebook ads in a year.<br>
<br>
Instagram and TikTok demand users label branded content when they
have been paid or received gifts from the company, along with
restrictions on advertising dangerous products. They do not list
fossil fuels among these.<br>
<br>
Although endorsements by "third-party" personalities are a
long-standing technique in advertising, Meisel and Aronczyk said
fossil fuel firms' bid to court influencers could backfire.<br>
<br>
"Growing up on your vids to watch you sell out to one of the most
unethical and inhumane company (sic) in existence," wrote one of
several dismayed followers to another gamer who plugged Shell fuel
in an Instagram video.<br>
<br>
"So devastating... There's no way you needed the money that bad."<br>
<br>
None of the influencers mentioned in this story responded to
requests to comment.<br>
<br>
"Influencers that work with fossil fuel companies should expect
their reputation to take a hit," said Meisel.<br>
<br>
"Fossil fuel companies are the world's biggest polluters, deeply
disliked by young people -- and for anyone who sees these videos,
the unfollow button is never far away."<br>
<br>
The Barron's news department was not involved in the creation of
the content above. This story was produced by AFP. For more
information go to AFP.com.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.barrons.com/news/oil-firms-pay-insta-tiktok-influencers-for-ads-f7590733">https://www.barrons.com/news/oil-firms-pay-insta-tiktok-influencers-for-ads-f7590733</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ -- Hey we knew this from 2021 -- ]</i></font><br>
<font face="Calibri"><b>OH NO, OIL COMPANIES ARE PAYING SOCIAL MEDIA
INFLUENCERS NOW</b><br>
THIS ROAD TRIP BROUGHT TO YOU BY, UH, GASOLINE.<i><br>
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<font face="Calibri">6. 15. 21<br>
by DAN ROBITZSKI<i><br>
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<font face="Calibri">SponCon<br>
In retrospect, we have known that it was only a matter of time
before giant oil companies like Shell started to sponsor
influencers' posts on social media — because here we are.<br>
<br>
Surely, you may be telling yourself, surely no one is buying into
an eco-friendly cross-country trip sponsored by big oil. But
that's exactly what's happening, Earther reports. Just look at
this disturbingly ironic post by lifestyle Cherrie Lynn Almonte
that talks about the perils of climate change and how it threatens
California's iconic landscapes — right beneath a disclaimer that
the post was paid for by Shell.<br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://futurism.com/the-byte/oil-companies-paying-social-media-influencers">https://futurism.com/the-byte/oil-companies-paying-social-media-influencers</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[ Learn of the <b>ISA</b> - International
Seabed Authority -- <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf1GvrUqeIA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf1GvrUqeIA</a>
]</i><br>
</font><font face="Calibri"><b>The race to mine the bottom of the
ocean</b><br>
Vox<br>
Oct 11, 2023<br>
We have a lot to gain — and a lot to lose — from deep-sea mining.<br>
- -<br>
There are metallic deposits scattered throughout our ocean floors
— among hydrothermal vents, under the crust of seamounts, and
scattered along sea plains in the form of rocks. As it happens, in
our search for climate solutions, these metals have become more
critical than ever to help us transition away from fossil fuels.
We need them for everything like electric car batteries, copper
wiring for electrification and wind turbines. Our land-based
deposits have met our needs so far, but it’s unclear whether they
will continue to, or whether we’ll want to keep destroying the
environment to do so. <br>
<br>
This video explains the history and the debate over mining metals
in the deep sea and why one Canadian company, The Metals Company,
is leading the rush there. There are huge environmental
implications for digging up seafloor ecosystems as well as ethical
ones: Metal-rich zones like the Clarion-Clipperton Zone lie in
international waters that technically belong to everyone. A United
Nations body located in Kingston, Jamaica, the International
Seabed Authority, is faced with an urgent dilemma over how to
regulate mining, whether the environmental harm is worth the
benefits to solving our climate crisis, and how to fairly share
the profits from this shared resource. <br>
<br>
You can dig into the exploration contracts issued by the
International Seabed Authority here: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.isa.org.jm/exploration-contracts/">https://www.isa.org.jm/exploration-contracts/</a><br>
The New York Times has done some important investigative work on
deep sea mining: <br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/world/deep-sea-mining.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/29/world/deep-sea-mining.html</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"> <i>[ Parody music -- upbeat - 3 min video ]</i></font><br>
<b>Petro Dollars - Parody of Wooly Bully | Don Caron</b><br>
Parody Project<br>
Jul 14, 2023<br>
I don't know if you heard the news but supposedly Biden is going to
announce the introduction of the US Crypto Dollar on the 26th of
July 2023. There is rampant speculation about what this means
including speculation that it's a move toward a cashless economy. At
any rate it seemed like a good time to repost this, originally
posted in 2018.<br>
Executive Producers Don Caron and Jerry Pender<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bnszfboM9g">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bnszfboM9g</a><br>
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<font face="Calibri"><i>[The archive - looking back at presidential
elections ]</i><br>
<font size="+2"><i><b>October 16, 1988</b></i></font> <br>
October 16, 1988: Discussing the role of global warming in the
1988 presidential election, Chicago Tribune columnist Steve
Chapman observes:<br>
<br>
"Last summer, one of the hottest and driest on record, the nation
was roused by alarms about the 'greenhouse effect'--the gradual
warming of the globe that threatens to turn coastal cities into
underwater ruins and corn fields into salt flats. <br>
<br>
"The problem is that for the last century or so industrial
societies have been releasing substances into the air that capture
heat and erode the Earth`s shield against the sun. The villains?
Carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels, methane from
natural and man-made sources and aerosol propellants.<br>
<br>
"But as soon as the heat dissipated, so did interest in the issue.
In the campaign, the greenhouse effect has gone almost
unmentioned...<br>
<br>
"Both candidates pretend the solutions will be painless and free.
Both pass over the obvious remedies in favor of the politically
appealing ones.<br>
<br>
"The nations of the world have taken one step by agreeing on a
treaty to reduce the use of aerosol propellants. But any serious
attempt to slow the warming of the Earth requires at least three
additional measures: discouraging the use of fossil fuels like
coal, oil and gas; big improvements in energy efficiency; and
greater reliance on nuclear power."<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-10-16/news/8802080029_1_greenhouse-effect-global-warming-environmentalism">http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1988-10-16/news/8802080029_1_greenhouse-effect-global-warming-environmentalism</a><br>
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