Exxon chief: environmentalists guilty of manufacturing drilling fear

Exxon chief: environmentalists guilty of manufacturing drilling fear by Jonathan Fahey, June 27, 2012, The Associated Press
Tillerson blamed a public that is “illiterate” in science and math, a “lazy” press, and advocacy groups that “manufacture fear” for energy misconceptions in a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. …  Drilling for oil and gas will always involve risks of spills and accidents, he said. But those risks are manageable and worth taking because they are small given the amount of energy they produce. Drilling in shale formations, he said, only poses a small risk to those living nearby. … The industry’s biggest challenge, he said, is “taking an illiterate public and try to help them understand why we can manage these risks.”