Question re the Carbon Tax

[Gozu]

A PROMINENT sceptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong.

In the end, he determined they were right: temperatures really are rising rapidly.

The study of the world's surface temperatures by physicist Richard Muller was partially bankrolled by a foundation connected to global warming deniers. He pursued long-held sceptic theories in analysing the data. He was spurred to action because of "Climategate", a British scandal involving hacked emails of scientists.

and:

One-quarter of the $US600,000 ($560,000) to do the research came from the Charles Koch Foundation, whose founder is a major funder of sceptic groups and the Tea Party in the US. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, run a large privately held company involved in oil and other industries, producing sizeable greenhouse gas emissions.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/worl ... 6181026309

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A PROMINENT sceptic of global warming spent two years trying to find out if mainstream climate scientists were wrong.

In the end, he determined they were right: temperatures really are rising rapidly.

The study of the world's surface temperatures by physicist Richard Muller was partially bankrolled by a foundation connected to global warming deniers. He pursued long-held sceptic theories in analysing the data. He was spurred to action because of "Climategate", a British scandal involving hacked emails of scientists.

and:

One-quarter of the $US600,000 ($560,000) to do the research came from the Charles Koch Foundation, whose founder is a major funder of sceptic groups and the Tea Party in the US. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, run a large privately held company involved in oil and other industries, producing sizeable greenhouse gas emissions.

http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/worl ... 6181026309

Now why would a company producing sizeable greenhouse gas emissions be a major funder of sceptic groups?