Vintage oil ad oozes irony
Life magazine, circa 1962. Via Google Books, via Grist, via Cassie W. on Facebook.
Humble Oil later became Exxon, by the way.
Labels: alaska, climate change, global warming, humor, oil
Friday, November 20, 2009
Earth science observations, news, photos, teaching, & commentary by Callan Bentley
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2 Comments:
Priceless!
but then again, as I recall, the conventional view at that time of the threat of climate change was, for perfectly good reasons, that we were entering a new ice age. Yes, it certainly oozes irony from today's perspective, but let's bear in mind the context of the time.
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