Comments on: The Interview of Exxon Mobil CEO Rex Tillerson https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/21/the-interview-of-exxon-mobil-ceo-rex-tillerson/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Oil Philosophy https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/21/the-interview-of-exxon-mobil-ceo-rex-tillerson/#comment-32793 Oil Philosophy Mon, 10 Jun 2013 09:19:26 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=7846#comment-32793 [...] Mr. Tillerson it clear on that front. In a recent interview, he said: “My philosophy is to make money. If I can drill and make money, then that’s what I want to do.". So the employees of ExxonMobil have their marching orders! [...] Mr. Tillerson it clear on that front. In a recent interview, he said: “My philosophy is to make money. If I can drill and make money, then that’s what I want to do.”.

So the employees of ExxonMobil have their marching orders!

]]> By: S. Thomas Bond https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/21/the-interview-of-exxon-mobil-ceo-rex-tillerson/#comment-31082 S. Thomas Bond Wed, 22 May 2013 11:58:07 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=7846#comment-31082 "Social value input" refers to the value for society, "the system." My complaint is that the value is entirely for the few financing and running the game. No consideration of those who have to bear the externalized costs now, the future generations that will loose by loss of environmental services such as clean water and food or timber. Jobs are great - not only do they provide maintenance for ones family, but they make friends, provide power to make choices and give one a sense of being someone, far more than just money. Whether any one has a job is a social function - it depends on how society is organized. Put it another way, these people could be doing other jobs and be satisfied. There is a tremendous amount of capital sloshing around the world - trillions. People don't have to be working for ExxonMobil to have a wage or salary. We need energy, obviously, but we need to consider other things as well - the capital is out there, the need is for longer range planning. Hopefully, the time horizon for America is beyond the length of time needed to return invested money, some six or eight years. “Social value input” refers to the value for society, “the system.” My complaint is that the value is entirely for the few financing and running the game. No consideration of those who have to bear the externalized costs now, the future generations that will loose by loss of environmental services such as clean water and food or timber.

Jobs are great – not only do they provide maintenance for ones family, but they make friends, provide power to make choices and give one a sense of being someone, far more than just money. Whether any one has a job is a social function – it depends on how society is organized. Put it another way, these people could be doing other jobs and be satisfied. There is a tremendous amount of capital sloshing around the world – trillions. People don’t have to be working for ExxonMobil to have a wage or salary.

We need energy, obviously, but we need to consider other things as well – the capital is out there, the need is for longer range planning. Hopefully, the time horizon for America is beyond the length of time needed to return invested money, some six or eight years.

]]> By: Trevor Cross https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/03/21/the-interview-of-exxon-mobil-ceo-rex-tillerson/#comment-31002 Trevor Cross Tue, 21 May 2013 20:41:11 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=7846#comment-31002 "The interview is a model of self-interest, with no social value input to the system expressed anywhere." Please define the terms "social value input" and "the system". Do these terms include the tens of thousands of hard working people employed by ExxonMobil around the world...and their families? Or the taxes they pay? Or the many subcontractors they employ? “The interview is a model of self-interest, with no social value input to the system expressed anywhere.”

Please define the terms “social value input” and “the system”.

Do these terms include the tens of thousands of hard working people employed by ExxonMobil around the world…and their families? Or the taxes they pay? Or the many subcontractors they employ?

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