Not exact matches
Oil and gas companies, the most profitable corporations in history, are counting their
fossil fuel reserves as
money in the bank and continuing to spend capital on
finding and developing even larger reserves.
What we know from reading the actual
findings of this study, as well as several other analyses of the climate impacts of
fossil fuel subsidy removal, is that nixing oil, gas, and coal subsidies would be a big win for the climate, would saves
money, and could free up resources to help the poorest and most vulnerable.
Milloy, who actually calls himself the «junk man» with no apparent sense of irony, is a denier - for - hire who happily takes
money from tobacco interests, chemical interests and of course
fossil fuel interests to do their dirty work, attacking seemingly any scientist whose
findings threaten their financial bottom line.
I know your tongue is planted firmly in cheek, but I did some research on the matter, and
found that the
fossil fuel industry, automobile industry, and wal - mart - like
fossil -
fuel - based mega-scale consumer goods distribution industry have many thousands of times more
money at stake (~ $ 10 trillion annually) on the outcome of this debate than do the scientists in question.
I
found that the amount of
money available in the
fossil fuel - related industries (coal, oil, and natural gas production, transportation, and immediate consumption) exceeded the
money available for academic and government - funded climate research by approximately 2,500 times.
I did a study on the
money involved in climate science vs. the
money involved in
fossil fuel related industries and
found that any
money - motivated scientist was better off working for industry than laboring away as a government or academic scientist.
You'll need to be a bit savvy to see through the misdirection,
find out just how much
money they've been putting into the greenies anti
fossil fuels coal and big oil through their «charitable» foundations and NGO's.
``... The point was not that
money from the
fossil fuel industry had corrupted the
findings of the scientists...
When people who dislike the «petroleum /
fossil fuel» industry try and see how much «dark
money» rolls through from them and into political or research efforts, they only
find a comparatively small trickle.
As soon as they see evidence against their client — the
fossil fuel industry and those people making
money off business - as - usual — they trash that evidence and bring forth whatever tidbits they can
find to confuse the judge and jury.
Sure, walking may improve health, save
money, and perhaps even save the planet some day by reducing the use of
fossil fuels, but it might do even more: We could
find ourselves happier and more productive today.