Ah
Exxon Mobil, probably best known for the Exxon Valdese oil spill in
the Prince William Sound of Alaska in 1989.
Exxon Mobil is
currently running TV ads that claim that vehicle emissions have been
reduced by 95% since 1970. I am here to tell you that is nothing
more then a blatant lie. While it is true that vehicle emissions
have dropped by just over 50% according to America.gov. Exxon
Mobil would have you believe that 95% reduction and that they are responsible.
The fact is, those emission reductions are the result of the 1970
Clean Air Act, the federally mandated removal of lead from gasoline
during the 1970's, and the clean air act of 1990. Exxon Mobil would
have not taken those steps if they had not been forced to by the
Federal Government. So once again, we are forced to listen to their
lies and propaganda. I can understand why they turn to that sort of
deception, they have no choice, the truth would be suicide.
Here is a
little comic relief, it is a spoof of Exxon Mobil advertising with a
very interesting fact at the end.
It is also
important to know that in 1911 the Federal Government broke up
Standard Oil under the Sherman Anti Trust Act. Standard Oil became
34 independent companies after the break up, two of which became
Exxon and Mobil. Well, you can tell where this is going. In 1999
Exxon and Mobile merged. Exxon Mobil is now the largest oil company
in the world, considerably larger then its parent, Standard Oil. How
do they get away with this stuff?
