Jarold McWilliams <oldja...@hotmail.com> wrote: The world can't run on oil forever, and hopefully it is not going to much > longer. Companies like Exxon are going to have to adapt or die. >
Of course. And based on the history of business, I predict they will die. > Would you rather the world run on obsolete technologies like sailing ships > and steam locomotives just so we can have jobs or a company doesn't go > under? > Of course not. I did not say that. No one said that. Please pay a little closer attention to what is presented here, and do not argue against points that no one makes (a "straw man" logical fallacy). I myself could not care less whether Exxon survives. I care only about the individuals employed there. Not the company, and not the stockholders. - Jed