In a report that is bullish for the oil industry and horrifying for the people of the planet, the Guardian reports [1]that  Exxon predicts carbon dioxide emissions to rise by 25 per cent over the next 20 years.

"According to the company's annual Outlook for Energy [2] report – due to be published in the next few weeks – demand for power will increase by nearly 40% in the next 20 years, lifting emissions by around 0.9% a year at least until 2030."

Which is to say that all the optimistic (!?) international predictions of anthropogenic CO2 emissions levelling off anytime soon are a fiction. Exxon, apparently, is paying attention to the pathetic efforts that world governments are making to rein in increases (and paying a fortune [3]to ensure that platitudes outpace policy for as long as possible).