[LINK] Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study

[Stewart Fist]

Kim writes

> Yes but it also pays to watch the money-trail of global warming deniers.

Let's not be too one-sided about this.   As in most of the ecological and
health arguments, there is often a money trail on both sides.

In this case, clearly most of the money is with denial at present, but
there's a growing amount of profit in promoting wind-turbines, solar cells,
and the like, and I'll bet they are also being generous to their friends.

I've just written a long piece on the eco-friendly idea of drinking recycled
sewage (ie Toowoomba) and the money trail here was decided with the
ecologists, as were the politicians and the media.

In fact it was a battle between those who thought any measure to save water
was justified, and those who though any restriction to prevent health
epidemics was even more important.

Like most civil wars between activists who are normally allies, this fight
got very nasty.

The media, in its simplistic way, just saw the No voters as Luddites.


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