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Originally Posted by Aracari
Why the hell do you think there's a incredibly steep CO2 and temperature rise in the last 60 years, right after the industrial revolution and population explosion?? We are everywhere, we have caused great damage to the planet already... if you can't see this, I'm sorry for you.
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But that's not true is it? Between about 1940 and 1970 temperatures fell - giving rise to well-publicised fears of a "new ice age". This was a period that saw the post-war regeneration and a massive increase in industrial output and transport. Temperatures then started to climb again, but then stopped in 1998. It's not such a close correlation as we are led to believe.
Furthermore, temperatures on earth have been much higher than they are today. It's reckoned that during the time of the Roman Empire, and again during the Middle Ages it was very warm indeed, long before cars, planes, industry etc.
Hoax? I dunno.
Opportunity for a bunch of smug, sanctimonious busybodies to strut around telling us how to live "better" lives? Definitely.