WHAT OTHER CORPORATIONS SPONSOR the GLOBAL WARMING SKEPTICS?

Question

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Mobil#Funding_of_global_warming_skeptics

Answer 1

A belief system doesn't need sponsorship. Some will simply continue to believe:

1) Al Gore and the evil liberals are out to get us

2) The economy would collapse if we addressed global warming

3) The scientists are all incompetent or purposefully lying for money

Answer 2

The only corporation that sponsors me would be Yahoo...as it provides this soapbox free of charge....though it provides the same soapbox to skeptics and proponents alike.

Answer 3

Actually, I have to agree. The veracity of any researcher whos livelihood depends on their conclusions about global warming should be discounted. I think, however, that includes all global warming proponents.

Answer 4

National Geographic has changed it's mind and now supports us.  They wouldn't have published the critical

item they did if they still supported AGW.

Answer 5

A better question.  Who sponsors the politicians that sponsor global warming as the number 1 American problem that takes precedent over all other problems except reelection?

Check the political contributors. (lobbyists) Exon Mobile is 75th on the list. The top 12 contributors were to  Democrats.

www.opensecrets.org

Answer 6

The problem with that piece is that Exxon is also the biggest sponsor of the AGW advocates and Occidental Petroleum Company funds Al Gore. Even Obama is funded by Exxon and J.P. Morgan/Chase/Bear Sterns.

Answer 7

If you are discounting any study done qwhich is funded by oil companies, then you must also discount all the studies funded by these organizations:

1. IPCC - Their ONLY reason for existing is to promote AGW. If it is disproved today, they cease to exist tomorrow. How about that for having a bias towards one side of the debate?

2. Government agencies - Agencies like NASA have seen their budgets increase dramatically to fund AGW studies. In addition, the heads of these agencies have risked their very careers on backing AGW. If AGW is disproved today, what happens to Jim Hansen's career tomorrow?

3. Individual scientist who have made outlandish claims regarding AGW. Just like Hansen, their careers are on the line. If the theory is disproven, they will have a lot of statements to apolegize for.

4. Politicians and others in grained in the debate - Think Al Gore. Al Gore has made millions (over 100 million) peddling this snake oil. He has done everything he can to sell the idea. Why? Maybe because he has made millions form the theory. Along with his movie and books, he has a company which sells Carbon credits.

5. "Green" Comapnies - Any company which sells "green" products has definitely financially gained by promoting AGW. THink of the subsidies being thrown at big agribusiness, solar panel, and windmill manufacturers. Do you think they would be willing to fund studies which disprove the theory and lose millions? I do not think so.

Out of all of these examples, oil has the least to lose. The world will still need oil for the forseeable future. They are not going out of business even if everyone says AGW is right (it is not). That can not be said for the examples I gave.