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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: When people say that climate change is a hoax, what is the purpose of such a "hoax"?

I don't get it. Jim Inhofe says it's the greatest hoax ever perpetuated on the American people. But I don't understand what people like this think we are trying to gain?
gpt
They think that the scientific community is trying to collect funding with a scare tactic, or that's at least the story they give the public.

The real reason they speak out against climate change funding is because the politicians are firmly in the pocket of corporations that make a lot of money destroying the environment, such as fossil fuel companies.

You'll notice that most of these same people oppose funding research for renewable energy sources.

Follow the money, as they say.