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Originally Posted by Tinordi
What kills me is the lunatic conspiracy theory pointing to some shadowy legion of stone cutters that stand to make money from carbon mitigation. Most loons use this as their key example for why climate change is a hoax.
Instead, just look at the vested interests that have significant amounts to lose if we start weaning off fossil fuels. There are entire industries capitalized to the hundreds of billions of dollars who stand to see their asset value decreased if we do something about global warming. Wouldn't it make much more sense to question the motives of those people and groups instead of making up some conspiracy?
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Yeah I have never understood this either and it is one of the biggest things that bugs me about the 'global warming by humans can't be verified' crowd.
It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to see that there is a lot more at stake for the fossil fuel and status quo energy and business crowd than the people who might benefit(?) from carbon trading and reduction, and new emerging technologies or ways of doing business. It also doesn't take more than a couple clicks of a mouse to see where the biggest lobby dollars go. They go to maintaining the status quo.
And it isn't just for this example, that's an example that has repeated itself since the beginning of time. The people in power, or who control the means and the wealth will always fight tooth an nail to stop progress and new ways of doing things.
And in the end, they'll even deny science, just like all the fundamental religious organizations that want to hang on to their power or their world view.
It's such a transparent and silly tactic.