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Doomsday Clock reset to give world additional minute

People working in the oil and gas industry tend to be optimists, sometimes very big optimists such as the early wildcatters who repeatedly dared to risk their livelihood on a hunch. These are solution-driven folks who tend to be very resilient.

So it with some amusement that I tell my blog followers about a Jan. 14 release out of New York entitled “Doomsday Clock moves 1 minute from Midnight.” They mean 1 more minute as in 6 minutes instead of 5 minutes. Midnight represents the end of civilization.

“Citing a more hopeful state of world affairs in relation to the twin threats posed by nuclear weapons and climate change, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (BAS) is moving the minute hand of its famous Doomsday Clock 1 minute away from midnight. It is now 6 minutes to midnight.”

Created in 1947 by BAS, the Doomsday Clock has been adjusted only 18 times. I respect BAS and its Board of Sponsors, which includes 19 Nobel Laureates. Granted, the BAS is being more optimistic by giving civilization another minute.

But I wonder where the hands might be on a clock created by all the industry groups that organize the Offshore Technology Conference every May in Houston.

Scientists within oil and gas companies are working hard on protecting the environment and addressing climate change questions. Although they might not want to address the nuclear threat issue, I believe they would give the world more than 6 minutes.

Labels: climate change , Doomday Clock , nuclear weapons

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2 Comments:

Saurabh said...
It is the end of the Mega Cosmic Cycle since the inception of the creation of souls. All souls who have been created in the kingdom of light multi trillion years away have less than 0.01% of supreme element left over with which they are surviving and time is ticking with further generation leading to further deterioration of the supreme elements tending to 0. So howsoever efforts scientific community do , due to rapidly diminshing quantum of supreme element which drives the cosmos and life force , the doomsday is very near. Visit www.discoveryofnewworld.com or www.vishnuparty.com or contact me +919930456543. Its not a message of doomsday cult but a spirtuo-scientific explanation

Thu Jan 28, 12:00:24 AM CST

Devin said...
Not only did Saurabh above post a pile of CRAP, but his website links take you to sites with malicious code and malware. Does anyone moderate comments on this blog?

Fri Jan 29, 09:09:33 AM CST

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by Paula Dittrick

Paula Dittrick has covered oil and gas from Houston for more than 20 years. Starting in May 2007, she developed a health, safety, and environment beat for Oil & Gas Journal. Dittrick is familiar with the industry’s financial aspects. She also monitors issues associated with carbon sequestration and renewable energy.

Dittrick joined OGJ in February 2001. Previously, she worked for Dow Jones and United Press International. She began writing about oil and gas as UPI’s West Texas bureau chief during the 1980s. She earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska in 1974.

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