Dark money accounts for most of the $900 million annual income for the climate change denial organizations.

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[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (14 children)

An older paper, but the climate change denial conspiracy is probably 40 years old.

[–]Rah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (13 children)

Oh yeah it has nothing on the climate change non-denial conspiracy. Hundreds of billions and more than a hundred years old vs not even one billion and 40 years? Long way to go.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (12 children)

Wind and sunshine aren't owned by a cartel. There's no dark money in climate science. It's the denial that has countries and companies that will pay for it.

And one of the thing they pay people to say is that there's money going around in a pro-science conspiracy.

But consider the plausibility.

[–]Rah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (11 children)

You are taxed by sunlight powering solar panels in Spain.

All governments finance climate science for their nefarious goals, so its dark money.

Denying that mankind are the carbon they want to reduce is the same denialism that claims black people are systematically oppressed because they are black. Climate has always changed and will always change as long as we live; trying to control it is only a ponzi scheme to launder dirty money from guillible tax payers.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

You are taxed by sunlight powering solar panels in Spain.

1) What?

2) I'm not in Spain

All governments finance climate science for their nefarious goals, so its dark money.

You're against all science? Or you think that universities are given a budget specifically for the time that staff spend on research projects relating to climate science?

In either case, you need to think about whether that is true or makes sense.

Denying that mankind are the carbon they want to reduce is the same denialism that claims black people are systematically oppressed because they are black.

What?

"mankind are the carbon they want to reduce" are you genuinely claiming that mankind is atmospheric CO2?

Because mankind is an animal. On the ground. Made of mostly water.

Climate has always changed and will always change as long as we live

Right. One of the talking points of the denialist conspiracy.

But we are currently warming when under natural conditions we would be cooling. And since we're warming form the top of an interglaical, this is pushing ecosystems beyond what they have evolved with. It is also changing possible land use, raising seas, and increasing heatwaves, wildfires and also floods.

trying to control it is only a ponzi scheme to launder dirty money from guillible tax payers.

Another of the talking points of the denialist conspiracy. And transparent. The government can raise or lower taxes. They don't need to organise the world's universities and private research institutions including every faculty member of biological sciences, geological sciences, meteorological sciences, computer sciences, atmospheric physical sciences, and astronomy everywhere to change tax. That's would obviously be a waste of money.

[–]Rah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

Nothing is a waste of money if its pushing your agenda.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (8 children)

That's not true if you can achieve your agenda without it.

[–]Rah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

The people pushing the agenda can print as much money as they like. You havent been paying attention.

[–]ActuallyNot[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

Doesn't printing as much money as you want just lower the value of the money?

[–]Rah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Printers can use a part to enrich with more solid capital. Its why moneyprinters print money; they use a part and the other is safeguarded in more solid currencies or assets.