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If you've never heard of Charles or David Koch, I wouldn't blame. While they do run the second largest private company in the US, they don't spend much money advertising the fact.

These oil barons do however spend a lot of money every year on organizations like Americans for Prosperity who attack the science of climate change and deny that it is happening.

Here's a backgrounder on Koch just released yesterday by Climate Science Watch.

And here's Greenpeace's "Climate Crime Unit" on the hunt for Charles and David Koch:

 

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Comments

[charles77]

Plenty of “Denial” on both sides of Climate Change.

The huge majorities of so-called “deniers” are not really saying it is ok to put more and more CO2 into the air. The real problem is that every solution offered to them costs more than they can afford. They understand that the whole purpose of a “carbon tax” or “cap and trade”, just as proponents do, is to raise prices on current forms of energy so new forms can compete. They read that many of these new forms of energy are many times more expensive that coal, that means electric bills many times higher. They are hearing about a future where they cannot afford energy, that’s too hard to contemplate, hence the denial. All the science cannot convince them the consequences of putting CO2 in the air, is worse than a future they cannot afford.

And for the Al Gore side who love point to France and say SEE, the French only have 1/3 the carbon footprint per person of an American, so we should do better. Then turn around and fight any new nuclear plants in the US. Obama’s DOE Head Dr. Chu, said wind and solar cannot supply over 20-25% without storage.and cost 5 times more. And unlike Al Gore, Dr Chu is a PhD in PHYSICS and a Nobel Prize winner in PHYSICS, Google Dr. Chu’s many interviews. It's NOT “Coal” or “wind/solar”, it’s Coal or Nuclear, with some "wind/solar".

[LeLoup]

"All the science cannot convince them the consequences of putting CO2 in the air, is worse than a future they cannot afford."

They should take a look at these maps:

http://earlywarn.blogspot.com/2010/03/us-in-high-emissions-scenario.html

If one stop and think for 5 minutes about how extremely unpleasant life could become here, in the US...the affordability argument would crumble in a second.

[ReedYoung]

That's a rare outburst of honesty from you!

"They are hearing about a future where they cannot afford energy, that’s too hard to contemplate, hence the denial. All the science cannot convince them the consequences of putting CO2 in the air, is worse than a future they cannot afford."

Insightful, even.

[realpolitic]

Arrest those climate criminals!

[hornagain]

The sad thing is Greenpeace actually spent donor's money on this ridiculous video.

'Climate criminal"? Funny stuff.

[research]

That's what we wanted GreenPeace to do.

That's what bugs you.