Gunnar wrote:[...] largely a product of a multibillion dollar disinformation campaign funded by the fossil fuel industry and quite notably, the Koch brothers.
I think it's worth noting that many within the industry have come to terms with the conclusions of their own research (that they paid for).
The risk of climate change is clear and the risk warrants action. Increasing carbon emissions in the atmosphere are having a warming effect. There is a broad scientific and policy consensus that action must be taken to further quantify and assess the risks.
(A chart, prepared in 1982 by Exxon employed scientist Andrew Callegari, based on the modelling that Exxon's scientists had done in their research.)
"Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead." ~Charles Bukowski
It is somewhat reassuring that even some major oil companies are coming around to admitting that global warming is a very real problem that must be addressed.
No precept or claim is more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
― Harlan Ellison
Gunnar wrote:It is somewhat reassuring that even some major oil companies are coming around to admitting that global warming is a very real problem that must be addressed.
They're still donating to disinformation campaigns to whip up climate change denialism. This is covering their butts for when the guillotines come out.
Gunnar wrote:It is somewhat reassuring that even some major oil companies are coming around to admitting that global warming is a very real problem that must be addressed.
They're still donating to disinformation campaigns to whip up climate change denialism. This is covering their butts for when the guillotines come out.
Yes. Their duplicity is positively breathtaking, isn't it?
No precept or claim is more likely to be false than one that can only be supported by invoking the claim of Divine authority for it--no matter who or what claims such authority.
“If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
― Harlan Ellison
