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How ExxonMobil Funded Global Warming Skeptics
Erik Moeller writes "According to a report by the Union of Concerned Scientists, oil company ExxonMobil 'has funneled nearly $16 million between 1998 and 2005 to a network of 43 advocacy organizations that seek to confuse the public on global warming science.' The report compares the tactics employed by the oil giant to those used by the tobacco industry in previous decades, and identifies key individuals who have worked on both campaigns. Would a 'global warming controversy' exist without the millions of dollars spent by fossil fuel companies to discredit scientific conclusions?"
When will the "Union of Concerned Scientists" change their name to "Union of Liberal Scientists"? It should have been their name from day one.
And you'll find some of the same people on the Bush presidential campaigns (and Bob Corker in TN). And some of the "think tanks" also get the bulk of their funding from Saudi Arabia. Think that's a coincidence? The oil companies hooked up with the Saudis and Bush.
Raise your hand when you think you spot a trend.
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
yes, environmentalists are all that idealistic, none rely on paychecks from corporations or grants at all. No environmentalist would ever sink to the level of lobbying or smudging facts so their company can look good.....never would happen. I think I will call myself an environmentalist so I can be idealistic protagonist fighting for the good of all.
CS: It is all sink or swim...oh and did I mention there are sharks in that water?
Out by a factor of a hundred.
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/cl
Well why didn't you resort to ad-hominem attacks earlier? Now I'm convinced. You'll find your efforts at persuasion are much enhanced with extensive use of insults and name-calling. (See how I came around to define the term "ad-hominem" just in case a humorless tool like yourself didn't know what it meant?) Let me have one last go at your persuasive technique: "You are an an asshole" Do you agree with me now? If not, let me know and I can certainly call you more names. Things like "self-important gasbag" or "martial-arts-referencing dickweed" or "joke-about-weather-forecasting-misapprehending asshat" ("misapprehending" is fancy-talk for "you treated my sarcasm like an argument") or perhaps "condescending twit".
Not really.
Many environmentalists really hate most people.
They are willing to destroy other people's property.
They are willing to kill people to save animals.
They are pretty damn fanatical about their view points (no real middle ground).
They are willing to lie and cheat to preserve trees so they can hike and camp in them.
Don't get me wrong- the other side is equally scummy and did a lot of damage in US the 50's and in Russia and China today. And just because you can't see the pollution like you used to be able to doesn't mean that it's not deadly. Clearly *SOMETHING* is screwing with our hormones bigtime and oil/ hormone like oil byproducts are suspect (tho so is soy).
But I don't think that big oil is behind the concept of "environmental wacko". They were wacko's to begin with.
Just look up ELF if you don't believe me.
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.
And now playing the race card...
in this corner with a number of 17479724 and a reasonable number of funny and some informative posts: Bestiarosa!
(the crowd cheers).
Did not really see the prejudice myself.
In my experience a lot of enviros are marxists (and some murderous and destructive).
The description is a nice metaphor: They are faking being green so they can advance their true red agenda.
They really don't care about the environment at all. They just hate business, capitalism, and progress.
She was like chocolate when she drank... semi-sweet at first and then increasingly bitter.