The Plot Against Climate Tech
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We’re not big on conspiracy theories. Ironically it’s a lot scarier to realise that the world runs more on cockup and people making it up as they go than to think there’s a sinister cabal manipulating events.
But of course, that doesn’t mean that there aren’t any. It’s just usually that when a real conspiracy does come to light, as Deep Throat told Bob Woodward in All the President’s Men, “The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.”
Then again, the oil industry might be a different case. And when someone as respected as NYU's Amy Jaffe says so, it's probably not just a theory.
It should give pause to #climatetech founders and VCs pondering a deal with certain corporate funders.
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