ExxonMobil has pumped more than $8 million into more than 40 think tanks; media outlets; and consumer, religious, and even civil rights groups that preach skepticism about the oncoming climate catastrophe.
http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2005/05/exxon_chart.html
2007-04-12 13:54:44 · 7 answers · asked by Stan S 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
There is nothing new in this story. Those who profit from the status quo have been on a campaign to stop anyone who says or does anything to alter this reality. Inventors get paid off or just disappear repeatedly, insuring no big changes. Many on Yahoo quote some of the sources listed in your link to prove climate change is a myth. Don't stop trying though, the more who read this kind of story the better.
2007-04-12 13:59:09 · answer #1 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, I always use Mother Jones as a source because they are so unbiased. Besides, ExxonMobil isn't the culprit here. Heaven forbid there should be skepticism over global warming. Here's a better link for you:
http://www.lomborg.com/biograph.htm
2007-04-13 01:19:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is easy enough to see that the guy with the money gets to be heard - right or wrong he is heard
What disturbs me is that once again we are fighting with our own scientists - Hitler through control of the scientists had "proof" the jews were all genetically prone to evil and that the Slavic's were only useful to lift heavy objects
Before that it was galeliao that was executed for thinking the earth was round and traveled around the sun
Now it appears that certain scientists have proven that climate change is false and the money and the politics support those conclusions
See a pattern ?
I can not comment on the causes of the climate change but in my short life it has changed a lot
I'd prefer to listen to the scientist not on the government payroll or the corperate one etc
2007-04-12 21:06:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
When the computer models can tell me if I'm getting wet right now, I'll start listening to what they say will happen next week. Even if I grant the earth is getting warmer, please show me actual evidence that global warming is a bad thing.
2007-04-12 21:07:42 · answer #4 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
8 inches on snow in April makes you wonder whats going on.
On pace for the coldest April in the Nation's history. Makes you scratch your head
2007-04-12 20:59:34 · answer #5 · answered by John 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am a charter subscribere to Mother Jones,like 1975 something...they are a bunch of radicals
2007-04-12 21:06:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What oncoming climate catastrophe? Are you predicting the weather? The Weather Channel can't even predict the weather. What makes you eligible?
Al Gore is not an excuse.
2007-04-12 20:59:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋