In Satirical Ad, Exxon Admits to Gaslighting Public on Climate Change

4 comments

1. Excerpts:

   In February, ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods pointed a finger at the public for failing to solve the climate crisis — suggesting that consumers were to blame for the toxic carbon emissions produced by the oil giant.

   In response to the supreme gaslighting by the CEO, Hollywood director Adam McKay‘s team at Yellow Dot Studios hit back at America’s largest oil and gas company (and third largest by revenue). In a satirical video, idyllic images of unspoiled nature in harmony with humanity are contrasted with a biting “confession” of Exxon’s damaging impact on climate science and policy throughout more than half a century.

2. “ “There’s a world we all want to live in again, a world where the air is pure and crisp and clean and fills your lungs with joy,” the spoof begins, before declaring: “Here at Exxon, we believe in that world, and we’re working hard to make sure that our customers believe that we believe in that world.””

   Love it! 

3. 

4. Wow… That was a good video.