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Man-made climate change was being discussed in the 1800s. It is not a new idea. https://theconversation.com/scientists-understood-physics-of-climate-change-in-

Man-made climate change was being discussed in the 1800s. It is not a new idea. https://theconversation.com/scientists-understood-physics-of-climate-change-in-the-1800s-thanks-to-a-woman-named-eunice-foote-164687 https://theconversation.com/scientists-understood-physics-of...

cf100clunk 3y ago
That's important to note, but not what this is about. In this case, a direct link is seen between what might be the birth of climate change science as we know it by the petroleum industry that has fought so long to denounce it.
throw0101d 3y ago
> It is not a new idea. Lying to the public and funding astroturf campaigns to deny it on the other hand… > The fossil fuel industry has perpetrated a multi-decade, multibillion dollar disinformation, propaganda and lobbying campaign to delay climate action by confusing the public and policymakers about the climate crisis and its solutions. This has involved a remarkable array of advertisements – with headlines ranging from “Lies they tell our children” to “Oil pumps life” – seeking to convince the public that the climate crisis is not real, not human-made, not serious and not solvable. The campaign continues to this day. […] > Between 1996 and 1998, for instance, Mobil ran 12 advertorials timed with the 1997 UN Kyoto negotiations that questioned whether the climate crisis is real and human-made and 10 that downplayed its seriousness. “Reset the alarm,” one ad suggested. “Let’s not rush to a decision at Kyoto … We still don’t know what role man-made greenhouse gases might play in warming the planet.” * https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forgotten-oil-ads-that-told-us-climate-change-was-nothing https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forg... (The article has scans of the various ad campaigns.) > A dominant public narrative about climate change is that “we are all to blame.” Another is that society must inevitably rely on fossil fuels for the foreseeable future. How did these become conventional wisdom? We show that one source of these arguments is fossil fuel industry propaganda. ExxonMobil advertisements worked to shift responsibility for global warming away from the fossil fuel industry and onto consumers. They also said that climate change was a “risk,” rather than a reality, that renewable energy is unreliable, and that the fossil fuel industry offered meaningful leadership on climate change. We show that much of this rhetoric is similar to that used by the tobacco industry. Our research suggests warning signs that the fossil fuel industry is using the subtle micro-politics of language to downplay its role in the climate crisis and to continue to undermine climate litigation, regulation, and activism. * https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(21)00233-5 https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(21)00233-... > "It's incredibly subtle, and frankly, a bit patronizing because it's gaslighting to insist that consumers are responsible, and then present the company as a trustworthy innovator who we should rely on to make things better," Supran said. * https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/exxonmobil-blames-climate-change-on-the-public-by-using-misleading-language-researchers-say-1.6031355 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/exxonmobil-blames-clima...
- ZunarJ5 3y ago
  Some additions for the pile: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-deniers-shift-tactics-to-inactivism/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-deniers-s... Climate Deniers Shift Tactics to ‘Inactivism’ - Fossil fuel interests are trying to blame climate change on individuals while also sowing division, says Michael Mann, one of their prime targets https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tobacco-and-oil-industries-used-same-researchers-to-sway-public1/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tobacco-and-oil-i... Tobacco and Oil Industries Used Same Researchers to Sway Public - As early as the 1950s, the groups shared scientists and publicists to downplay dangers of smoking and climate change

cf100clunk 3y ago

That's important to note, but not what this is about. In this case, a direct link is seen between what might be the birth of climate change science as we know it by the petroleum industry that has fought so long to denounce it.

throw0101d 3y ago

> It is not a new idea. Lying to the public and funding astroturf campaigns to deny it on the other hand… > The fossil fuel industry has perpetrated a multi-decade, multibillion dollar disinformation, propaganda and lobbying campaign to delay climate action by confusing the public and policymakers about the climate crisis and its solutions. This has involved a remarkable array of advertisements – with headlines ranging from “Lies they tell our children” to “Oil pumps life” – seeking to convince the public that the climate crisis is not real, not human-made, not serious and not solvable. The campaign continues to this day. […] > Between 1996 and 1998, for instance, Mobil ran 12 advertorials timed with the 1997 UN Kyoto negotiations that questioned whether the climate crisis is real and human-made and 10 that downplayed its seriousness. “Reset the alarm,” one ad suggested. “Let’s not rush to a decision at Kyoto … We still don’t know what role man-made greenhouse gases might play in warming the planet.” * https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forgotten-oil-ads-that-told-us-climate-change-was-nothing https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/nov/18/the-forg... (The article has scans of the various ad campaigns.) > A dominant public narrative about climate change is that “we are all to blame.” Another is that society must inevitably rely on fossil fuels for the foreseeable future. How did these become conventional wisdom? We show that one source of these arguments is fossil fuel industry propaganda. ExxonMobil advertisements worked to shift responsibility for global warming away from the fossil fuel industry and onto consumers. They also said that climate change was a “risk,” rather than a reality, that renewable energy is unreliable, and that the fossil fuel industry offered meaningful leadership on climate change. We show that much of this rhetoric is similar to that used by the tobacco industry. Our research suggests warning signs that the fossil fuel industry is using the subtle micro-politics of language to downplay its role in the climate crisis and to continue to undermine climate litigation, regulation, and activism. * https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(21)00233-5 https://www.cell.com/one-earth/fulltext/S2590-3322(21)00233-... > "It's incredibly subtle, and frankly, a bit patronizing because it's gaslighting to insist that consumers are responsible, and then present the company as a trustworthy innovator who we should rely on to make things better," Supran said. * https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/exxonmobil-blames-climate-change-on-the-public-by-using-misleading-language-researchers-say-1.6031355 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/exxonmobil-blames-clima...

ZunarJ5 3y ago
Some additions for the pile: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-deniers-shift-tactics-to-inactivism/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-deniers-s... Climate Deniers Shift Tactics to ‘Inactivism’ - Fossil fuel interests are trying to blame climate change on individuals while also sowing division, says Michael Mann, one of their prime targets https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tobacco-and-oil-industries-used-same-researchers-to-sway-public1/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/tobacco-and-oil-i... Tobacco and Oil Industries Used Same Researchers to Sway Public - As early as the 1950s, the groups shared scientists and publicists to downplay dangers of smoking and climate change