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Sorry but I can't take credit for that one. You were already cracked when I got here.
Well, walleyed, you've managed to sound like an even bigger idiot than you did before and I frankly didn't think that was possible. Congratulations, you win the "Biggest Moron of the Week" award, which must be much coveted in denier cult circles, considering how fiercely you all compete for it.
Meanwhile, the fossil fuel industry, which includes all of the oil producing nations and all of the many, many corporations worldwide that extract the oil, gas and coal, that refine and process it, that transport the raw materials to the refineries and processing plants, that transport the fuel to markets worldwide, that sell the fuels (gasoline, diesel, coal, natural gas, etc.), that use the fuels to run power plants and then sell the power to consumers and industry, plus maintenance and support for all that, their total yearly profits run over a trillion dollars right now. That is the profit stream that is in danger if the world gets serious about cutting carbon emissions. That is what motivates the propaganda campaign that the fossil fuel industry has mounted in an attempt to delay binding carbon emission restrictions. And sure, some oil companies, who are only a tiny fraction of the total, worldwide 'fossil fuel industry', are hedging their bets by trying to invest in some renewables, but hopes of some future profit on those investments counts very little in the boardrooms against the very real loss of very huge profits now if fossil fuels get priced out of the energy market by an appropriately high carbon tax.
How much profit does the fossil fuel industry pull in yearly? Here's some figures for just one corporation, out of many, that deals with just oil and gas, not coal, for just one year.
Exxon Mobil booked the biggest quarterly and annual profits in U.S. corporate history
Oil giant makes corporate history by booking $11.7 billion in quarterly profit. The company earned $10.25 billion in the year-ago period. Exxon also set an annual profit record by earning $40.61 billion last year - or nearly $1,300 per second in 2007. That exceeded its previous record of $39.5 billion in 2006.
Why thank you! In your company Moron is quite a nice appelation (that's name for you uneducated types) some day, if you're real lucky you might make it to this august level!
LOLOLOLOL. I guess that's what clueless morons say after they've gotten their ignorant asses whipped in every debate.
The only ass you've ever whipped is that of your inflatable sex doll!