Make No Little Plans

by biverson | June 14, 2007 at 05:58 pm
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The Yes Men do it again. This time, they got invited as speakers to the ExxonMobil and National Petroleum Council (NPC) in Calgary, Canada. What they were expecting was the "NPC rep" to deliver the long-awaited
conclusions of a study commissioned by US Energy Secretary
Samuel Bodman.

What the got was an "NPC rep" announcing that current U.S. and
Canadian energy policies (notably the massive, carbon-intensive
exploitation of Alberta's oil sands, and the development of liquid
coal) are increasing the chances of huge global calamities. But "...that in the worst case scenario, the oil industry could "keep fuel flowing" by transforming the billions of
people who die into oil."


"We need something like whales, but infinitely more abundant," said
"NPC rep" "Shepard Wolff" (actually Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Men),
before describing the technology used to render human flesh into a
new Exxon oil product called Vivoleum. 3-D animations of the process
brought it to life.

Links and photos soon to be availabl from Vivoleum.com

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Brian A Kennedy
Brian A Kennedy
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at 03:21 on June 15th, 2007

I love the Yes Men! Their Halliburton "Survivaball" was my favorite prank ever.

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