David Deming: What the Oil Business Could Learn From the NRA

Watching the political and scientific debates concerning energy and the environment for the past 20 years has led me to one conclusion: The fossil-fuel industry—which could be the most powerful lobby in Washington—is hopelessly ineffective and self-defeating.

I once attended a lecture by the CEO of a major oil company. The gentleman explained that global warming was "real," that the science behind it was sound, and that his company was doing everything possible to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

He then complained that the U.S. government would not grant his company leases to drill for petroleum on the continental shelves.

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