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Exxon's R&D budget isn't going into global warming research - it mostly goes into research into how to find and tap oil (geology, physics, mathematical modeling
by smanek 17y ago
Exxon's R&D budget isn't going into global warming research - it mostly goes into research into how to find and tap oil (geology, physics, mathematical modeling, etc). A substantial portion (20-30% - from what I can gather) goes into green research (biofuel, solar, fuel cells, carbon capture, etc).
You can't compare the 'income' of two arbitrary non-profits (greenpeace and AEI) and draw any conclusion from it either. Seriously, it's idiotic and misleading to try to do so.
- crux_ 17y agoAnd NCAR doesn't just do global warming research, either. There really is no such thing that I can see as "anti-climate-change" research so it would be rather difficult to find a direct comparison. > You can't compare the 'income' of two arbitrary non-profits (greenpeace and AEI) and draw any conclusion from it either. Why not? My purpose here is only to give a counterexample to the 'policy' portion of the claim that the "anti-climate-change" side is "dwarfed" by the pro- side. It's fair to say that both Greenpeace and AEI do are quite active on the issue (I picked the first two that came to mind); equally it's fair to say that Greenpeace certainly does not 'dwarf' AEI; and further it seems reasonable that Greenpeace isn't massively outspending AEI even on the single issue of climate change. It seems to me almost certain that the opposite is true.