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surrealAmerican

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17. He wasn't talking about climate.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Feb 8, 2015, 06:18 PM

Feb 2015

He was talking about air pollution. The effects on climate were not understood at the time. There's no need to take this statement out of context. Pollution was an important issue at the time, especially in major cities.

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WOW - LBJ Acknowledged Man-Made Climate Change 50 Years Ago (archives) [View all] kpete Feb 2015 OP

But...but...but...that's when scientists were predicting an new Ice Age!!!!!!111111 jpak Feb 2015 #1

well, if the scientists were predicting a new ice age, why are you yelling about "deniers"? ND-Dem Feb 2015 #4

Because they were not predicting an Ice Age - that is a conservative denier myth jpak Feb 2015 #5

But actually, articles about global cooling were in the press in the 70s (I had a friend who took ND-Dem Feb 2015 #6

None of that was published in a peer reviewed paper - and deniers are still stupid jpak Feb 2015 #7

ordinary people get their news from media, not scientific papers. and in fact, some of it *was* ND-Dem Feb 2015 #8

Really? Which papers? jpak Feb 2015 #9

here's one: ND-Dem Feb 2015 #10

LOL - reading comprehension much? jpak Feb 2015 #11

So the fossil fuel industry owners and executives should be tried and imprisoned for crimes Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #2

that kpete Feb 2015 #3

And the nuclear industry - see post 12. nt bananas Feb 2015 #13

LBJ said "radioactive materials and a steady increase in carbon dioxide" bananas Feb 2015 #12

And those ruinous billionaires believe they can live in a bubble on mars or the moon to escape Dont call me Shirley Feb 2015 #14

Great find! calimary Feb 2015 #15

geez BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2015 #16

He wasn't talking about climate. surrealAmerican Feb 2015 #17

A distinction without a difference. Scuba Feb 2015 #18

I'm afraid I can't agree with you there. surrealAmerican Feb 2015 #19

Oh dear. Scuba Feb 2015 #22

Air pollution was considered CO, not CO2. grahamhgreen Feb 2015 #20

Thus the EPA was born- under Nixon loyalsister Feb 2015 #21

LBJ will go down in history as one of the best rbrnmw Feb 2015 #23