Comment by TheOtherHobbes

And when they funded research, it confirmed the known science.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/exxon-knew-about-...

If anything the current consensus on the scientific front lines is that the alarmism is understated, and the real orthodoxy is astroturfed denial of the facts.

The global fossil industry is worth around $11 trillion a year. It supports some of the worst regimes in the world.

Of course they're going to try to FUD away the science, with the usual copy-paste narratives about how it's really scientists and academics who are corrupt.

It's all about money, power, and entitlement. Not about truth or responsibility.

But no amount of PR nonsense, astroturfing, and false accusation is going to make the slightest difference to climate reality.