Is global warming denialism primarily based on free market fundamentalism?

[dana1981]

Free market fundamentalism is an ideology that rejects the idea that government regulation is ever appropriate, and also describes the belief that an unfettered free market will solve all of our social and economic problems.

There are many examples of industrial activities over the past half century damaging the natural environment and to human health. For example, tobacco, DDT, acid rain, ozone depletion, and the burning of fossil fuels.

Perhaps not coincidentally, many of the people who deny the dangers of anthropogenic global warming also deny that DDT, acid rain, ozone depletion, and tobacco use caused significant public and environmental damage. Certain individuals attempt to rewrite history to create a revisionist version in which these examples disproving the beliefs of free market fundamentalism never happened. We've seen attempts to rewrite history in this fashion many times on this very site, and Oreskes and Conway have documented them in their book 'Merchants of Doubt'.

Do you think these issues are linked, and global warming denialism is primarily based on free market fundamentalism? Or are there other motivations behind these attempts to rewrite history and the laws of science?
kathy, I suggest you educate yourself regarding the realities of DDT.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...200AApjD4h
As a somewhat relevant example, California Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman seems to be a free market fundamentalist. She wants to deregulate, fire state govnerment workers, cut taxes on the super-rich, and delay the implementation of state's climate bill. Economic analysis demonstrates that her plans would damage the state economy and increase unemployment even further.
http://www.americanprogressaction.org/is...letter.pdf
Sheesh I'm tempted to give David best answer for providing us with such a perfect example.