Energy and Environment

Image of the Day: We Need to Stop Burning Fossil Fuels ASAP or We. Are. Screwed.

After reading this, even a science-denying cretin like Ken Cuccinelli should be convinced that urgent action is needed to prevent climate disaster. Of course, he won't be convinced: as Upton Sinclair famously said, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it." In the case of Cuccinelli, substitute "campaign contributions" for "salary" and you've pretty much got it.



After reading this, even a science-denying cretin like Ken Cuccinelli should be convinced that urgent action is needed to prevent climate disaster. Of course, he won’t be convinced: as Upton Sinclair famously said, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” In the case of Cuccinelli, substitute “campaign contributions” for “salary” and you’ve pretty much got it.

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