Posted on 06/16/2024 7:07:04 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Climate change deniers have found a new champion in Kenyan farmer Jusper Machogu. On social media, he has become known as a flagbearer for fossil fuels in Africa, but there is more to his campaign than meets the eye.
Since he began posting debunked theories about climate change, he has received thousands of dollars in donations – some of which came from individuals in Western countries linked to fossil-fuel interests. Mr Machogu insists this has not influenced his views, saying they are genuinely held.
Scientists have proven that the Earth is heating up because of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels - like oil, gas, or coal.
But Mr Machogu disagrees.
“Climate change is mostly natural. A warmer climate is good for life,” Mr Machogu wrongly claimed in a tweet posted in February.
Despite all this, Mr Machogu continues to insist “there is no climate crisis”.
On social media, he has repeatedly posted unfounded claims that man-made climate change is not only a “scam” or a “hoax”, but also a ploy by Western nations to “keep Africa poor”.
“[His views] are definitely coming up from a place of lack of understanding,” says Joyce Kimutai, a climate scientist from Kenya who has contributed to IPCC reports.
Mr Machogu began tweeting false and misleading claims about climate change in late 2021, after carrying out his “own research” into the topic.
Since then, he has launched his own campaign - which he dubbed “Fossil Fuels for Africa” - arguing that the continent should be tapping into its vast reserves of oil, gas, and coal.
“We need fossil fuels to develop our Africa,” Mr Machogu tweeted last year.
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Yup, no bias here.
BBC editorial.
Masquerading as reporting.
“Scientists have proven that the Earth is heating up because of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels - like oil, gas, or coal.”
Have not.
“Scientists have proven that the Earth is heating up because of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels - like oil, gas, or coal.” Fact checker needed on aisle 1 please. STAT!
Who are you going to believe? The BBC, or your lying eyes!
The Deep State propaganda organs create a wild conspiracy theory and repeat it a million times—and then anyone who disagrees is a “denier”.
Anyone using the term “climate change deniers” is a fool.
How much funding goes to “scientists” who push the climate change is caused by man made greenhouse gasses theory?
How much funding goes to scientists who say that climate change is natural?
Earth has gone through hundreds, maybe thousands, of cycles of climate change. But now, for the first time in the history of the universe, climate change is caused by human activity. What sort of evidence would I need to prove that?
2- Scientists have NOT "proven" that the Earth is heating up because of greenhouse gases that are emitted into the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels - like oil, gas, or coal!
3- The IPCC is a clearing house for "Global Warming" propaganda written by others. They do NO ORIGINAL SCIENTIFIC STUDY!
4- His claims are definitely well founded and suggestions that he lacks understanding are RACIST!
This guy is black. Isn’t the BBC being a little racist by attacking him like this????
We've had a much much worse Kenyan for President before. It's time to make up for it!
stopped reading the diatribe of the “science” believers at “WRONGLY claimed”. if these “science” believers cannot tell the difference between a man and a woman they can’t be trusted on any science proclamation. they love pointing fingers at the funding sources of their detractors but sent any conflicts of interest when THEIR funding sources are pointed out. “anti-science science is the science of the typical liberal ideologues”. and THAT, my friends” is real science.
bbc= Big Bunch of Crap.
Marco Silva is a BBC climate Goebbels.
The lying BBC says this about someone?
The BBC hounded any anti-COVID vaccine stance as being the same “false” claim. Heck, I'm sure they said the Hunter Biden laptop was also false and disinformation.
These media entities need to be shut down.
It’s even worse than that. Climate researchers are forced to get on board the manmade climate change train or lose their careers.
You would only need a Climate Change Model.
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