• JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    If you take a look at geologic time, we’ve had huge climate swings… I think it’s far more likely that it’s just sunspot activity, or something just in the geologic eons of time where we have changes in the climate.

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    Below is my original comment and my initial edit. I’d thought to leave the original at the top, but that appears to be a mistake as people aren’t reading the edit I made at all, just seeing the jist of the quote and probably getting annoyed - and rightfully so.

    Anyway, for posterity:

    If you take a look at geologic time, we’ve had huge climate swings… I think it’s far more likely that it’s just sunspot activity, or something just in the geologic eons of time where we have changes in the climate.

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    In my haste, I skipped formatting and linking in this comment after my client crashed a couple times.

    Above is a quote from renown buffoon, Ron Johnson.

    This is the original article the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal wrote after the interview, and here’s the two minute video they took of him saying it.

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      2 months ago

      If you took a look at geologic time and understood it, you would be frightened with how quickly average temperatures worldwide have been increasing, which is how I know you’re full of shit and know nothing about geologic time

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        2 months ago

        You are right and I agree with you. I quickly wrote that comment and I doing so failed to get across my sarcastic quoting of Republican senator Ron Johnson. I have edited the comment with the appropriate correction.

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      2 months ago

      from the article in the OP:

      The global warmth is linked to human-caused climate change and a powerful El Niño event, which ended in June.

      do give it a read. it also refers to this abnormal set of temperatures being more of a trend over the past twenty years rather than a one-off event like sunspot activities.

      i don’t quite see the point of ostriching ourselves into denying our part in climate change. all that does is absolve the large corporations that have accelerated it of any blame.

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        2 months ago

        I didn’t format my comment to show it was a quote from Ron Johnson as Jerboa crashes time to time when adding a link to text, and I ignored formatting altogether the third time I tried to make the comment. I’ve edited it to include what should have been there in the first place.

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      2 months ago

      No, we haven’t had huge climate swings. Show me one graph with a similar swing in temperature.

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        2 months ago

        My client crashed twice when trying to add a link in to my comment, and then I’m frustration I neglected to add it when it when I wrote it the third time. I have edited the comment to reflect the fact that it’s a direct quote from a climate denying senator. Apologies.