This week the San Jose Mercury newspaper group printed an op-ed by someone who is in favor of California High Speed Rail. That immediately got the attention of the Cato Institute which had their anti opinion printed the next day. We absolutely cannot have any reduction of the use of fossil fuels, now can we.

"According to the Checks and Balances Project, which created an analysis of fossil fuel-funded organizations in major publications, fossil fuel interests spent $16.5 million between 2007 to 2011 on 10 organizations that described themselves as “think tanks” or “institutes”. Subsequently, it was found that such organizations were conveying messages that were pro-fossil-fuel and outright denied the existence of climate change. Such organizations include big names like the Cato Institute, Heartland Institute, and Marshall Institute, all of which attacked clean energy, solutions to climate change, and environmental issues. These donations primarily came from four fossil fuel organizations: the Charles G. Koch Foundation and the Claude R. Lambe Foundation, both of which are directly controlled by the Koch family who owns the major fossil fuel conglomerate Koch Industries, as well as from the Earhart Foundation and ExxonMobil. This demonstrates the colossal efforts taken to sponsor fossil fuel think tanks and forge a narrative of scientific distrust to advocate for fossil fuel use."