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𝐆𝐄𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐆𝐈𝐒𝐓: 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐈𝐂 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐁𝐀𝐋 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 — “𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐀𝐂𝐘”This interview is extraordinary. A geologist lays out the case that the entire climate alarm industry is built on an assumption that has 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫: that human CO2 emissions drive global warming. His challenge: “𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭, 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦.”The geological record is devastating to the narrative. There were periods when atmospheric CO2 was 𝟏𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝟐𝟎 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 of the atmosphere — compared to today’s 0.04% — and the planet was in the 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲, with kilometers of ice at the equator at sea level. Five hundred million years ago, CO2 was 0.7% — roughly 𝟏𝟕 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 — and life exploded. Since then, CO2 has steadily declined as it was sequestered into rocks, sediments, and fossils. During that decline, Earth experienced multiple major ice ages.His point: if CO2 drove temperature, the geological record would show a correlation. 𝐈𝐭 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞. Temperature swings are driven by solar activity, Earth’s orbit, continental positions, and ocean currents — not by a trace gas that constitutes four hundredths of one percent of the atmosphere.On why the “consensus” exists: “𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘴, 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.” He says the modelers are “𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦” outside the grant system and survive by “𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴” so governments keep funding them. Of 𝟏𝟎𝟐 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬, not one has accurately predicted what was actually measured over 40 years.𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬. 𝐙𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝟏𝟎𝟐 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 — 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲.MA Rothman