Former Reuters Reporter: I Was Wrong to Blame CO2 for Rising Temperatures

Newsbusters ^ | February 25, 2023 | P.J. Gladnick

[one guy in new jersey]

He should be prepared to contend with accusations that he was not only “wrong”, but that, further, he was ***deliberately*** saying things that were “wrong”.

In other words, at the risk of being redundant, OGINJ perceives that he was pushing a false narrative. In other words, lying for a specific effect. In other words, gaslighting.

[philman_36]

They will always find some human behavior that causes “Climate Change”, this scam will continue in perpertuity, until they have complete control over everything.

People used to be able to recognize Snake Oil salesmen.

[NewHampshireDuo]

CO2 doesn’t cause global warming. Global warming causes increases in atmospheric CO2. And Global warming is caused by the sun.

Absolutely correct. Temperature changes LEAD CO2 changes.

[DPMD]

It wasn’t carbon dioxide; it was Trump.

[DPMD]

My cow farted and three minutes later, out of nowhere, we had a tornado followed by an earthquake followed by a hurricane, followed by a famine. You could look it up.

[Bubba_Leroy]

Back before the 1990s, most environmentalists were opposed to actual pollutants, chemical substances that kill people when they are released into the environment. The answer, of course, was more government regulation, taxes and spending.

Then the Iron Curtain fell and it became undeniable that the communist countries were the worst polluters in the history of mankind. Every former Soviet block country was filled with toxic dumps. Meanwhile, wealthy, capitalist countries were cleaning up pollution at a record pace.

Suddenly, environmentalists stopped caring about actual pollutants and started opposing carbon dioxide, a trace substance necessary for the existence of all life on Earth. Why? Because wealthy, capitalist countries produced more of it (along with more of everything else) than poor communist countries. The answer, of course, is more government regulation, taxes and spending.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, the cow mooed “pull my hoof” just before, you should have seen it coming.

[Reeses]

Back before the 1990s, most environmentalists were opposed to actual pollutants

And most reporters stuck to quoting experts rather than inserting themselves into the news, and not acting as their own source, as convenient and ego-boosting as that is. Reporters only got a vanity byline for special projects. Most reporters did not have university degrees and weren't full of themselves. If only we could go back to that.