Surprise! 90% of top climate deniers are ExxonMobil funded

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A recent analysis conducted by Carbon Brief which investigated the authors of more than 900 published papers that cast doubt on the science underlying climate change, found that nine of the ten most prolific had some kind of relationship with ExxonMobil.

Links to these papers were proudly displayed on the denialist Global Warming Policy Foundation website, where they are still fanning the dying embers of Climategate hoping something will catch, under the heading, “900+ Peer-Reviewed Papers Supporting Skepticism Of ‘Man-Made’ Global Warming (AGW) Alarm.”
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http://www.triplepundit.com/2011/05...m_campaign=Feed:+TriplePundit+(Triple+Pundit)

*edit* To clarify, the study says that nine out of the top ten climate deniers are funded by ExxonMobil, not 90% in total. Still interesting tho.
 
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Where do I sign up?

Write a rubbish paper nobody believes anyway for some free cash? sounds good to me.
 
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damn, ExxonMobil never offered me anything, better contact them, they owe me a whack of royalties/commission.

Out of interest, who funds the papers the "prove" or support man-made climate change?.

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So who do you believe?

The guys that are going to benifit from not paying carbon taxes i.e. "climate deniers" aka ExxonMobil?

Or the guys who are going to benifit from killing off the carbon deniers, and who are also selling carbon credits and receiving the taxes we now have to pay for carbon emitions?

They not solving any problem all they are doing is shifting the goal posts. As a company you can reduce your carbon emissions, and you can make some cash by selling the right to pollute to some other company. This is already a huge business in Europe.

Then theres carbon trading futures, the idea is simple. Just like trading grain or oil, you can make or lose money by placing bets on how expensive it will be to pollute.
Large polluting factories can effectively game the system by polluting less

So the way i see it both parties have a vested interest in trashing each other.
 
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MyLeftFoot said:
So who do you believe?

The guys that are going to benifit from not paying carbon taxes i.e. "climate deniers" aka ExxonMobil?

Or the guys who are going to benifit from killing off the carbon deniers, and who are also selling carbon credits and receiving the taxes we now have to pay for carbon emitions?

They not solving any problem all they are doing is shifting the goal posts. As a company you can reduce your carbon emissions, and you can make some cash by selling the right to pollute to some other company. This is already a huge business in Europe.

Then theres carbon trading futures, the idea is simple. Just like trading grain or oil, you can make or lose money by placing bets on how expensive it will be to pollute.
Large polluting factories can effectively game the system by polluting less

So the way i see it both parties have a vested interest in trashing each other.
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http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2010/performers/companies/profits/

Look at that list and then say who's got more of a vested interest.
 
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BCO said:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/global500/2010/performers/companies/profits/

Look at that list and then say who's got more of a vested interest.
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Buddy the carbon exchange market is a $126 BILLION invented market. And has the potential to grow to $2 TRILLION....
DOnt worry about oil, carbon trading is where the real money is. You basically going to be taxed to breath fresh air. Something which has been a basic human right is now a commodity.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...Birley-defends-the-carbon-trading-system.html
 
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MyLeftFoot said:
Buddy the carbon exchange market is a $126 BILLION invented market. And has the potential to grow to $2 TRILLION....
DOnt worry about oil, carbon trading is where the real money is. You basically going to be taxed to breath fresh air. Something which has been a basic human right is now a commodity.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...Birley-defends-the-carbon-trading-system.html
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Just the fossil fuel companies in that top 50 list made $165882.4 million ($166 billion) in profits last year alone.
 
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BCO said:
Just the fossil fuel companies in that top 50 list made $165882.4 million ($166 billion) in profits last year alone.
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ok buddy so they making 1.6 trillion and the carbon exchange which is turning fresh air into a comodity which you will be paying more and more for doesnt have an interest? They are making $126 billion!! it might not be a trillion but thats still a lot of money profit margins are huge! they both have vested interested in this. If you dont see that then you are blind, never the fact that the Oil producers are the some of the biggest polluters. where do you think their money will be soon be invested, thats if it isnt already invested in carbon exchanges. They can now make money from polluting. What dont you understand?
Or maybe you think that companies would never be that under handed. You know that some of the biggest medical aid companies in the US invest their money in fast food outlets and tobacco?
http://www.baystatebanner.com/health18-2010-04-22
 
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