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hatrack

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6. I hear you - I came up with a handy, time-effective response to people like that.

Reply to Botany (Reply #5)

Tue Dec 9, 2025, 07:50 AM

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I start laughing when they cite Fred Singer or Judith Curry, and point (as needed) for additional emphasis.

Asking them to name the six GHGs designated under the original Kyoto Protocol is also good for demonstrating they're morons. I'll occasionally hear them say "carbon dioxide".

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November 2025 Atmospheric CO2 Content: 426.46 ppm; November 2024: 423.85 ppm; November 2023 420.46 ppm [View all] hatrack Monday OP

Hoax! jfz9580m Monday #1

In Germany in the 1800s it was shown that the more CO 2 you had in a body of gas the more Botany Monday #2

Fundamental science on this predates the American Civil War hatrack Monday #4

What is controversial is the way the fossil fuel industries has been able to spend billions on disinformation Botany Monday #5

I hear you - I came up with a handy, time-effective response to people like that. hatrack Tuesday #6

And we have deniers bashing renewable energy. thought crime Monday #3