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Re:The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate... by gameswithgo on Friday July 02, 2021 @10:59AM (#27712373)
On the one hand, on the issue of climate change they have behaved very very poorly overall. Spending huge sums of money that have not only misled people about climate change, but have intentionally harmed the public's perception of science generally.

On the other hand fossil fuels are what fuel all of the growth and production of our modern world. Sadly the power they accumulated was not used responsibly, but then it rarely is.

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Re:The scientists hired by big oil who predicted the climate... by Schiendelman on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:45PM (#27713855)
It’s arguable that the reason they have fueled growth is that they killed the competing industries that would have otherwise.
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