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Wonderful article, really well said. I couldnt agree more.

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Thank you B🙏

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The British Royal society published their latest findings showing carbon dioxide to be a lagging indicator. Heating occurs first accompanied by a later increase in CO2.

https://twitter.com/fatemperor/status/1733634191944794600?s=46&t=WSMLCQNckomGtNidcKiTmw

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Playing catch up. This has been known since the first ice cores were evaluated.

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Does this means that the temperature (and CO2) will continue to increase even in the unlikely scenario that the green energy revolution is successful?

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A channel 4 documentary from 2007 featuring many prominent scientists. (The great global warming swindle)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BY-gRFSaP7o

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This just means to me that we are fucked one way or another and should probably be focusing our efforts on mitigation, not whatever the hell it is that we are doing.

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Thank you B for an excellent article. Well reasoned and logically presented. Interesting times ahead for all in the West. Wishing you an enjoyable and safe family Christmas.

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What do you mean "I know we have to reduce our CO2"

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Thank You. Nice overview and summation. Glad your predictions were sound, but for the spin on losing in Ukraine.

The real spin of that is the war in Israel/Palestine, of course.

Unforeseeable, as such.

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Yup Goodbye 2023, do not forget to turn the (lights) off

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The link for the Tainter book is broken (at goodreads). Here's the working one:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/477.The_Collapse_of_Complex_Societies

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