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You think the gas companies are the propagandists here?

ceejayoz 4y ago
It'd be fairly insane to claim otherwise. There may be propaganda on both sides, but fossil fuel companies have a long history of involvement in the debate. For example: https://grist.org/culture/how-natural-gas-propaganda-made-it-into-elementary-classrooms-in-deep-blue-america/ https://grist.org/culture/how-natural-gas-propaganda-made-it... > The afternoon started off like most, with the 41-year-old software engineer picking his son up from John M. Tobin Montessori School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. But when his son opened his backpack, Bahmutov caught a glimpse of two children’s activity books emblazoned with the logo of Eversource, an energy utility that serves more than 4.3 million customers across New England. The booklets, one of which was titled “Natural Gas: Your Invisible Friend,” include natural gas safety tips and portray the fuel as an ideal, clean way to cook food, power vehicles, and heat and cool buildings. Bhamutov immediately noticed one gaping hole in the information provided in the booklets: They didn’t once mention that burning natural gas emits greenhouse gases and contributes to climate change. https://theintercept.com/2019/04/03/branded-content-fossil-fuel-companies/ https://theintercept.com/2019/04/03/branded-content-fossil-f... > Or was it? On closer inspection, the report wasn’t coming from the D.C. paper’s newsroom. Though the link takes you to a page published by WashingtonPost.com, the story is actually a publication of WP BrandStudio, the paper’s branded content platform. In other words, the article is really an advertisement, and the copy was paid for by the American Petroleum Institute. The tagline — “Content from American Petroleum Institute” — is plain to see if you’re looking for it, though easy to miss if you’re not.
agentultra 4y ago
Yes. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FJRQo5aawho https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FJRQo5aawho Literally paid for by the gas industry to keep people choosing gas.

It'd be fairly insane to claim otherwise. There may be propaganda on both sides, but fossil fuel companies have a long history of involvement in the debate. For example: https://grist.org/culture/how-natural-gas-propaganda-made-it-into-elementary-classrooms-in-deep-blue-america/ https://grist.org/culture/how-natural-gas-propaganda-made-it... > The afternoon started off like most, with the 41-year-old software engineer picking his son up from John M. Tobin Montessori School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. But when his son opened his backpack, Bahmutov caught a glimpse of two children’s activity books emblazoned with the logo of Eversource, an energy utility that serves more than 4.3 million customers across New England. The booklets, one of which was titled “Natural Gas: Your Invisible Friend,” include natural gas safety tips and portray the fuel as an ideal, clean way to cook food, power vehicles, and heat and cool buildings. Bhamutov immediately noticed one gaping hole in the information provided in the booklets: They didn’t once mention that burning natural gas emits greenhouse gases and contributes to climate change. https://theintercept.com/2019/04/03/branded-content-fossil-fuel-companies/ https://theintercept.com/2019/04/03/branded-content-fossil-f... > Or was it? On closer inspection, the report wasn’t coming from the D.C. paper’s newsroom. Though the link takes you to a page published by WashingtonPost.com, the story is actually a publication of WP BrandStudio, the paper’s branded content platform. In other words, the article is really an advertisement, and the copy was paid for by the American Petroleum Institute. The tagline — “Content from American Petroleum Institute” — is plain to see if you’re looking for it, though easy to miss if you’re not.

agentultra 4y ago

Yes. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FJRQo5aawho https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FJRQo5aawho Literally paid for by the gas industry to keep people choosing gas.