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Isn't it the same motivation as ExxonMobil supporting a carbon tax? I.e., "buy natural gas from us to replace the coal furnaces" I wouldn't be surprised if befo

• ZeroGravitas 9y ago
  They probably just underestimated the gullability of the average American voter. Imagine if some nerd had spoke up at a Shell meeting and said his analysis of the American voter suggested that they could just claim it was a Chinese hoax and that would be accepted. Most intelligent people would find it hard to take that seriously, so they only found out by continually pushing the boundaries of what they thought the public would accept. Unfortunately for the world, there was a certain group of Republican voters that were very susceptible to their propaganda and so they could keep pushing into the absurd.