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https://www.forbes.com/sites/kensilverstein/2016/07/13/are-f...

https://atomicinsights.com/smoking-gun-robert-anderson/

https://truthout.org/articles/top-oil-and-gas-lobby-spent-mo...

http://climatecoalition.org/how-american-petroleum-institute... (sorry, no https)

Russia has huge influence in German politics. I believe there is connection there as well, but I cannot find any public information to cite regarding funding of anti-nuclear power movements.



I asked for "citations" not a link dump. None of your links offer any tangible evidence for what you stated, that "Many of the "luddite" groups were funded, and in some cases entirely formed, by fossil fuel interests". Corroborate the claim or apologize for lying.

I gave you links that support my argument, very well.

I am not sure what else you want. Quotes from each one, inline?

If you don't have the time to read what I posted, and understand how it applies to this thread, then please copy and paste this thread into an LLM chat bot, and ask for clarity. I just tried that, and even an LLM understood my response.


Holy fuck, Batman. No one's interested in that LLM verbiage. You made specific claims. Claim A:

"Environmentalist groups were in some cases entirely formed by fossil fuel interests."

It's clear from context that you're talking about genuine organizations and not astroturfing. So far you've not named a single one that was "entirely formed by fossil fuel interests."

Hence, pure fiction.


This is the most obtuse interaction I have ever had on this website. Is this simple enough?

> In 1969, Robert O. Anderson, an oil man whose long career included a stint as the Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) (now part of BP, the company formerly known as British Petroleum), gave David Brower $200,000 to start Friends of the Earth (FOE).

https://atomicinsights.com/smoking-gun-robert-anderson/




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