Exxon has reportedly been funding so-called think tanks to undermine confidence in the science of global warming, just as the tobacco industry funded “research” to question the validity of statistical findings showing the link between smoking and cancer. Some companies even seem to celebrate the melting of the polar ice cap, because it will reduce the cost of extracting the oil that lies beneath the Arctic Ocean.
据报道埃克森公司对一些所谓的“智库”提供支持以削弱公众对全球变暖的科学的信心，正如烟草工业资助质疑吸烟与癌症之间的联系的“研究”一样。有些公司甚至似乎在庆祝极地冰盖的融化，因为这会降低它们在北冰洋开采石油的成本。