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Do you not think that the pact of steele (Brussels, Berlin, Paris) also does not pay scientists?
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Probably... though do they explicitly pay them to only find the results they're looking for? Maybe they do... but the article in this thread points pretty squarely at one side trying to 'buy science'... is there an equivalent one concerning the 'pact of steele'?
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I agree, openly advertising for something like that is quite dispicable but its done on both sides of the ledger.
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As is usually the case... though again, I haven't seen an article yet that claims the French/German governments are buying bleak climate reports exclusively and stifling research that goes against human-caused climate change.
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If it produces more winters like we had this year, bring on Global Warming, screw people who live on coast lines and in the south - the North is back baby.
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Also, Exxon posted the largest profit of a PUBLICALLY traded company, there are at least 10 state owned oil/gas monopolies who would have posted higher profits last year. .
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Er... so? They're still one of the hugest companies in the world... just because they're not THE hugest seems to be of little consequence considering the subject matter of the thread. $40 billion
profit in one year is beyond huge.
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Also, note to the NeoLibs out there, pumping gas out of the ground doesnt burn oil (in most cases) so Exxon is not the cause, they might be the crack dealer to the worlds addiction, but they are not the producer
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Exxon stands to lose a good chunk of change if demand on oil supplies eases... what they
want is unfettered demand for the product they sell. If the public starts to really make strides in becoming more efficient, the price of oil may go down, reducing Exxon's record-breaking profit margins.