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Lobbiest money for & against global warming?

I keep hearing that politicians (and sometimes scientists) are pressured to be for or against the theory of global warming due to the money from special interest lobbies. How much money comes from GreenPeace and all the other "Global Warming is a disaster" groups, and how much comes from CO2 producing industries and "Global Warming is a hoax" groups? Please answer with actual numbers and ideally references!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Oil and coal have added 4x the number of lobbyists than alternative energy groups this year. The math is pretty easy as to who is throwing around the most money (see link)...

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091103/sc_afp/climat...

  • 1 decade ago

    I have no number nor do i have any links to answer you. You have to use common sense in that the ones who actually have the truth about whether global warming/climate change is happening or not happening, are those who do not seek money or any sort of power for their findings. A true scientist will only seek what they need and give back to those seeking their ideas to greater the human race as a whole. Selflessness is a key in finding your answers. Jonas Salk, the finder for the vaccine for Polio, which is the last known real cure for a major disease, was selfless in his finding for the cure after he chose not to take the patent and give it to the human race so nobody else had to suffer what many families had to at the time. So that means that Al Gore is not one you should take too seriously nor should you take all those REALLY right wing conservatives who just say that it isn't happening. Don't trust politicians or scientists who say that "the debate is over." Science is about skepticism and asking questions about everything. At one point in history, we KNEW for a fact that the earth was flat, then there was evidence that it was round. Now we're asking how does this really affect our well being on this planet? Think about this also, the founders of GreenPeace are not with GreenPeace anymore. They are arguing that you cannot ban an element that is necessary for generating life on this planet. Some of the original species of this planet needed carbon dioxide to survive. Another question: What is the thing that generates the most heat on this planet? The sun. The sun is the ultimate proof. When the earth is in view of the sun's energy it gets warm. It is the cause of ALL climate on any planet in this solar system. Also how much CO2 and other toxic gases are emitted from erupting volcanos? Taxing carbon emissions will ultimately lead to a tax on the air you breathe. Don't think for one moment that politicians will not tax you for exhaling CO2. I'll stop since i can go on for a long time. I just hope this can help you find the answer you're looking for.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    The big money promoting the AGW hoax actually is coming from the oil companies because their leader David Rockefeller is the grandson of the man who invented the concept over 100 years ago by funding a socialist quasi scientist named Savante Arrhenius who later assisted with the soviet revolution and the takeover by Hitler in Germany. The current return to cooling conditions from a quiescent sun is going to bring on serious political changes as the general public learns that the left wing politicians have been lying to them about climate and politics for over 100 years. The obtrusive political left is close to being swept out of the political process entirely because of the extreme lies they have used to keep themselves in power with some of the biggest lies any political party group have ever used in history since their philosophical hero Hitler.

    Some scientific information revealing the truth about global warming, when it happened and what probably caused it.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:0Master_Past_200...

    http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/global_warming.h...

    http://www.geocraft.com/WVFossils/greenhouse_data....

    http://reasonmclucus.tripod.com/CO2myth.html

    http://mc-computing.com/qs/Global_Warming/Atmosphe...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_variation

    Where the heat came from and why it was abnormally cold previously

    http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~dbunny/research/global/215....

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_cycle

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_minimum

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maunder_Minimum

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    14?

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