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This paper generates an interesting research policy question: Why was Exxon able to create equal or better projections than the NASA?
by snowpid 4y ago
This paper generates an interesting research policy question: Why was Exxon able to create equal or better projections than the NASA?
- headsoup 4y agoMore money in it
- snowpid 4y agoCan you quote a source?
- headsoup 4y agoDo I need to? It is entirely logical that Exxon would research the things that are either a threat to, or benefit to their future profits. The larger the potential, the more research.
- snowpid 4y agobut otherwise NASA could put more money into climate research and researchers have a more open enviroment. One liner explaination most of time arent very good and therefore my question.
- iamgopal 4y agoYou have no idea about NASA’s budget
- ceejayoz 4y agoNASA's budget is publicly available. It's substantially smaller than Exxon Mobil's. (Plus, some of Exxon's budget went to casting doubt on others' research.)
- Jordanpomeroy 4y agoIn the last few years they have dropped their recruiting significantly but ExxonMobil recruited Ph.D’s from the best universities for decades. Lots and lots of VERY smart people work there.
- 0xblood 4y agoUnlike at NASA where they hire everyone?
- xwdv 4y agoNASA folk are more naive ivory tower types where as ExxonMobil are more practical, pessimistic types.
- 0xblood 4y agoDoesn't apply to the JPL folks I've met throughout my life but for the rest I guess I have to take your word for it. I'm not sure if your comment was just a sarcastic joke though, in which case I completely missed it
- chasd00 4y agomy BIL started in geology but ended up with a Ph.D in biology. I tried to get him to goto work for ExxonMobile (or somewhere in oil/gas) but he said he wasn't interested in selling his soul. Now, after half a decade, he's still looking for a steady job and makes holsters and knife accessories and sells them online to make ends meet. On one hand, I admire his stubbornness but on the other hand, i wish he wasn't so stubborn.
- throw0101a 4y ago> Why was Exxon able to create equal or better projections than the NASA? Focus? Climate change, and the elimination of the use of carbon fuels (oil), would potentially existential threat to Exxon, so they better know everything about it. NASA has a whole bunch of things to focus on in addition to climate.
- snowpid 4y agoit might be not the only factor but at least a clear distinction.
- Naga 4y agoJust a gut feeling, but Exxon has way more skin in the game than NASA does from a financial point of view since this is an existential threat to their business. That being said, we've always all had skin in the game, we just didn't realize it.
- PaulKeeble 4y agoThey knew the real numbers and weren't having to guesss? What they were required to report to regulators missed the whole truth but internally they could accurately calculate the situation.
- throwaway4aday 4y agoLast I checked, Exxon was in the business of selling oil not burning it.