tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915392020403275875.post8641774456863999090..comments2023-03-08T02:31:19.957-08:00Comments on The Revolution Part II: Tobacco Like Hoaxtherevolutionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02834406537248334279noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6915392020403275875.post-11060924030180489572008-12-19T15:55:00.000-08:002008-12-19T15:55:00.000-08:00There are a couple of assumptions that you are mak...There are a couple of assumptions that you are making in error. First, if the oil companies gave even $100 million, let alone $1 billion to researching global cooling, there would be a prevalent cultural meme that the global cooling researchers are paid schills. Second, there may not be that many scientists with good proposals to patronize with oil money. The vast majority of scientists are persuaded by global warming, and want to pursue research proving these links. Thirdly, there would probably be a shakeup among the boards of directors, shareholders, investment ratings firms, etc., if oil companies were discovered to have put even a little as %10 of their total profits into this research instead of infrastucture, dividends, discovery of new deposits, etc. Finally, I think that $16 million probably bought most of the global-warming-is-a-hoax sentiment that $116 million could have, since the traction is in the amount of press coverage these Big-oil scientists get. While they are a tiny minority of the scientific community, they get a lot of air time. In fact, one should consider the amount of media buys that oil companies make on news-related network and cable TV as a much more powerful use of money to spread doubt on global warming than the money spent on research...it is always nice to get a news outlet feeling like they need to provide equal coverage to the point of view their sponsor favors.Mike the Unsung Herohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14414840715971841787noreply@blogger.com