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1. rayiner · 1789932465 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't see the point of trying to redefine "pollution" to include CO2. We have been discussing climate change for decades, but it was only recently that people tried to shoehorn CO2 into category of "pollution." It just takes a category where society has some consensus and then shoehorns some new disputed idea into existing category. It's an end-run around the process of building consensus around the new thing.

   1. Rygian · 1789932956 · focus · HN ↗

      The first ever version of the "Greenhouse gas" wikipedia page lists CO₂ as the first such gas (besides water vapor, obviously disregarded).

      That page is from 2002.

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      1. pjc50 · 1789933961 · focus · HN ↗

         IPCC first report was 1990, and the basic arithmetic of the atmosphere goes even further back.

         1. throwyawayyyy · 1789935595 · focus · HN ↗

            I was battling global warming in Civ endgames in 1991...

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