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When there's a massive profit motive for someone to lie to you about something, you approach it as if it were a lie. If it's a win I'll take it as a win, but I
by aalleavitch 7y ago
When there's a massive profit motive for someone to lie to you about something, you approach it as if it were a lie.
If it's a win I'll take it as a win, but I'm going to scrutinize it in the extreme before I go about taking anything that amounts to good PR for a corporate entity's political aims for granted.
- tomatotomato37 7y agoThe actual data comes from an independent research group which is also publishing articles like this[0] and this[1], so I think it's safe to say the true researchers aren't just acting as corporate mouthpieces. [0] https://rhg.com/research/an-eu-green-new-deal-requires-a-far-higher-price-on-carbon/ https://rhg.com/research/an-eu-green-new-deal-requires-a-far... [1]https://rhg.com/research/hotter-poorer-and-more-unequal/ https://rhg.com/research/hotter-poorer-and-more-unequal/