I wasn't silent, i didn't bother reading your posts as they are as predictable as it comes, i have read it now and nothing has changed. I do not think you understand law at all. Just "ex employee " for exxon doesn't disqualify a person, it depends what "interest" he has with Exxon as of now. Is he paid by exxon? or exxon funds IPCC? he was an economist for exxon. Classic strawman argument from you. Exxon funding climate denial studies and an ex-exxon employee holding the chair of IPCC is not the same thing. He was an economist, he had no stakes in exxon, unlike the heartland institute and Koch brothers who hold several stakes in the oil and gas industry. I do not think you understand what conflict of interest means actually. This is the reason why i didn't reply to you in the first place, keep those fossil fuel funded bs studies coming but don't waste my time