Et av de vanligste argumentene fra AGW-alarmistene er å beskylde skeptikersiden for å være sponset av oljeindustrien. Dette er i svært få tilfelle korrekt, og vel aldri hva angår de mest kjente skeptiker-bloggene.
Hva så med AGW-alarmismens høyborg, CRU?
History of the Climatic Research Unit (http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/about/history/), er mottar penger fra disse, og jeg uthever fire av dem:
Acknowledgements
This list is not fully exhaustive, but we would like to acknowledge the support of the following funders (in alphabetical order):
British Council, British Petroleum, Broom's Barn Sugar Beet Research Centre, Central Electricity Generating Board, Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Commercial Union, Commission of European Communities (CEC, often referred to now as EU), Council for the Central Laboratory of the Research Councils (CCLRC), Department of Energy, Department of the Environment (DETR, now DEFRA), Department of Health, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Eastern Electricity, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, Greenpeace International, International Institute of Environmental Development (IIED), Irish Electricity Supply Board, KFA Germany, Leverhulme Trust, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAFF), National Power, National Rivers Authority, Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), Norwich Union, Nuclear Installations Inspectorate, Overseas Development Administration (ODA), Reinsurance Underwriters and Syndicates, Royal Society, Scientific Consultants, Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC), Scottish and Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research, Shell, Stockholm Environment Agency, Sultanate of Oman, Tate and Lyle, UK Met. Office, UK Nirex Ltd., United Nations Environment Plan (UNEP), United States Department of Energy, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Wolfson Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF).
To store oljeselskaper, BP og Shell. Sultanatet i Oman, som like gjerne kulle vært kalt oljesjeik, og National Power, som produserer strøm ved hjelp av kullkraftverk.
En gammel tråd, et gammelt emne, noen nye linker
Statoil - Link (http://www.statoil.com/en/TechnologyInnovation/NewEnergy/RenewablePowerProduction/Pages/default.aspx)
BP – link (http://www.bp.com/modularhome.do?categoryId=7040&contentId=7051376)
Chevron – link (http://www.chevron.com/news/currentissues/casperwind/)
ExxonMobil – link (http://www.exxonmobil.com/lubes/sustainability_productsandprocesses_diversification.aspx)
Shell – link (http://www.shell.com/home/content/innovation/people_planet/wind/)
Total – link (http://www.total.com/en/about-total/our-businesses/upstream/gas--power/renewable-energy-922637.html)