Al Gore is a freaking nut. He is also a relative of mine. Ughhh.
Global warming is something he is pushing because he feels the need to have his name in the papers. It does not matter if there is any basis of fact in what he says, there will always be someone to lap it up.
I said it before, he's a nut!
ExxonMobil does a great deal of philathropic work. So do just about all major corporations. Anyomne ever hear about a small organization called United way? the list of corporations that donate to UW is staggering.
The NTSA declined to take them up on their offer because the movie is BS and they know it.
There is nothing at all shady or underhanded about what exxonmobil is doing. It is called investing in one's own future.
XOM employs a great many engineers, from environmental to chemical to mechanical to geological.
If they can encourage young students to choose these fields of study, there will be a larger worker pool to draw from when the students graduate. Ohhhhhh, that's so evil! bah.
The students also get a small amount of benefit from it, namely an honest, productive career that will quickly grow to provide a six figure income, instead of working at walmart.
We just can't stand by and allow that to happen, can we?
Here's a link to the NTSA and details of their sponsorship by XOM.
http://www.nsta.org/pressroom&news_story_ID=48146
It doesn't have anywhere near the senationalism that some people would like in order to invoke a knee-jerk reaction from the miss-informed and un-informed.