The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker....
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The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker....
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The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker....
"THE RODNEY & OTAMATAE TIMES
WAITEMATA & KAIPARA GAZETTE
PRICE-10s perannum in advance
WARKWORTH WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1912.Science Notes and News.
COAL CONSUMPTION AFFECTING CLIMATE.
The furnaces of the world are now burning about 2,000,000,000 tons of coal a year. When this is burned, uniting with oxygen, it adds about 7,000,000,000 tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere yearly. This tends to make the air a more effective blanket for the earth and to raise its temperature. The effect may be considerable in a few centuries."
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The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker....
@lednaBM yea well the effects are reaching the point where I want to punch people when they say "you cannot attribute extreme weather event X to the climate crisis" I know but it's also a epistemological recipe for boiled frog.
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The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker....
@lednaBM It's quoting a March 1912 Popular Mechanics article titled "Remarkable Weather of 1911: The Effect of Combustion of Coal on the Climate: What Scientists Predict" by Francis Molena, at https://archive.org/details/sim_popular-mechanics_popular-mechanics_1912-03_17_3/page/340/mode/2up?q=%22uniting+with+oxygen%2C+it+adds%22
The article ends with "generations to come shall enjoy milder breezes and live under sunnier skies."
The image from the NZ press you show "is likely a composite of two images: the newspaper's masthead patched above the paragraph about coal consumption." https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2021/08/fact-check-1912-newspaper-did-publish-on-effect-burning-coal.html
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