Dear Rex Tillerson,

Yesterday, in a letter to Jack Gerard, CEO of the American Petroleum Institute, I wrote:

I believe [Rex] fully understands the need to imminently reduce CO2 emissions along with reducing extraction and refining of hydrocarbons ... [and] understands the inevitability, but that he does not understand the urgency, having said, “I don’t think we are to that point yet.”

According to Dr. James E Hansen and his team, as well as countless organizations and individuals around the world, including the IPCC’s latest assessment and working groups, we are, indeed, at that point ... now! The only question is how fast we need to scale back.

The reason for this letter is to enlist you as the industry representative to guide the people who are responsible for the economic success of their respective companies. Help them see that they are best served by beginning to scale back on hydrocarbon operations and to shift capital investments to the expansion of carbon-free energy and fuel technologies."

I encourage you and Mr. Gerard to bring the petroleum industry together around a single goal: Schedule the retirement of all refineries globally, in a managed scaling back of extraction and production of carbon-based fuels over the next two decades. It is your fiduciary duty, not only to your investors, but to society and the global economy as a whole.

Please meet me for coffee to discuss required and realistic options for your success and legacy.

Re-energize with clean carbon-free fuels — for life!Re-invent ExxonMobil as an energy company, be more than an oil & gas company.Re-direct capital investments from carbon-based infrastructure to carbon-free infrastructure.Announce a retirement schedule for your refineries — dismantle them — let the end-game begin.

Douglas Grandt <answerthecall@me.com>To: Rex Tillerson <Rex.W.Tillerson@ExxonMobil.com>Cc: David Rosenthal <David.S.Rosenthal@exxonmobil.com>, Shane Steward <Shane.R.Steward@ExxonMobil.com>API and ExxonMobil can lead a managed energy "soft landing" for the world.

April 18, 2014 10:30 AM

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