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I'll be very interested to see where this goes. They knew about climate change, they hid that knowledge from the public, and they actively funded researchers saying things they knew to be untrue. It's very similar to the tobacco cases, and I hope the outcome is the same.

Here's a problem I have with climate change in regards to it as a political movement of some sort: Climate change has always happened and will always happen here on Earth, and yes, I believe that human pollution can exacerbate the effects of an already morphing climate. However, I can't sit here with a straight face and pretend like the pro-climate change side isn't as enthralled in political posturings as much as the other side is. There absolutely is a "politics of fear" being used by those who acknowledge climate change and human involvement within it, from stating multiple places in the US would be underwater by now, to numerous doomsday predictions, etc. Climate change needs to be confronted, as does Mobil being unethical in its business practices, but don't sell it to the public on fear, sell it to them on progression and science. If you tell someone that Arizona is gonna have beach-side property in ten years or that the world is gonna freeze over in the 90s, when that doesn't happen don't be surprised when people start thinking your climate change positions are more motivated by greed and ambition and not by actually giving a shit about climate change.

lol that was actually pretty funny.

Beachfront property in Tennessee? YES PLEASE.

You say only 46% believe in climate change, therefor the denier propaganda is working. But those on the other side would say that because of the fearmongering campaign, a whole 46%, nearly half of the American public, believe in the climate change hoax.

There are two sides here so naturally both deserve equal consideration.