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 empire-like forces constantly reinforcing dominant epistemologies, and among
 these is the fossil fuel industry.
 
-'Doubt is our product,' declared an infamous memo by ? to ? \[CITE\],
-describing their strategy of manufacturing scientific controversy on the health
-effects of smoking in order to defend the tobacco industry's profits. The
-fossil fuel industry has consistently employed the same PR contractors and even
-scientific researchers in their efforts to use science to defend their profits
-[@hulac-jul-2016]. Fossil fuel companies used balancing norms in journalism and
-American values of fairness to demand an equal public hearing for climate
-sceptics over their opponents, creating a public impression that the experts
-are divided [@leah-2011, pp. 204-208].
-
-The fossil fuel industry has repeatedly bought out the science \[EVIDENCE\]. It
-continues to do so \[EVIDENCE\]. It has also reinforced conceptual frameworks
-such as 'carbon footprinting' which serve its interests by shifting blame for
-social harms from themselves onto individuals [^See chapter 1]. Therefore, as
-long as the fossil fuel industry has significant power, the majority
-epistemology of our society cannot help but be partially shaped by fossil fuel
-interests. To escape fossil knowledge requires minority cognition.
+The fossil fuel industry has consistently employed the same PR contractors and
+even scientific researchers as the tobacco industry in their efforts to use
+science to defend their profits [@hulac-jul-2016]. They have also used the same
+strategies, including manufacturing scientific controversy, 'information
+laundering' through think-tanks, and providing financial support to scientists
+who promote views in line with their interests [@smoke-mirrors-hot-air]. Fossil
+fuel companies have used balancing norms in journalism and American values of
+fairness to demand an equal public hearing for climate sceptics over their
+opponents, creating a public impression that the experts are divided
+[@leah-2011, pp. 204-208]. Fossil fuel companies have obscured their involvement
+in their own strategies by funneling their money through legal vehicles called
+'donor foundations,' which give their money to think-tanks on their behalf while
+protecting their anonymity [@brulle-2014]. When climate sceptics don't leave a
+paper trail tracing their money back to the fossil fuel companies who benefit
+from the promotion of their views, they are much harder to refute, particularly
+in cultures like the US which place a high value on the freedom of speech.
+
+Therefore, as long as the fossil fuel industry has significant power, the
+majority epistemology of our society cannot help but be partially shaped by
+fossil fuel interests. To escape fossil knowledge requires minority cognition.
 
 This has precedents even within the green movement. In the view of Linda Lear,
 the effect of _Silent Spring_, Rachel Carson's damning exposé on the chemical