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I was alive then, and it was never a scientific consensus. Global warming already had strong advocates back then, because it was well-known that CO2 was a gree

I was alive then, and it was never a scientific consensus. Global warming already had strong advocates back then, because it was well-known that CO2 was a greenhouse gas, and that CO2 emissions were increasing.

tal8d 6y ago
Sarcasm failed to translate, "scientific consensus" is a goofy euphemism for a messaging campaign that has nothing to do with science. You are completely right about the disagreement between scientists at the time, with many pointing out the fact that we couldn't accurately predict these changes - so we had absolutely no hope of attributing cause to effect until that changed. Still good advice.