<![CDATA[The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker....]]>The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker....

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/cc715c90-ff03-4246-8d0f-0c4e548438d9/the-date-is-an-interesting-fact-but-thr-last-sentence-is-the-kicker....RSS for NodeThu, 25 Jun 2026 17:01:08 GMTThu, 25 Jun 2026 13:03:56 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker.... on Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:21:18 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toots.nu/users/dalke/statuses/116811188011928300https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toots.nu/users/dalke/statuses/116811188011928300Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:21:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker.... on Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:30:39 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/zeri/statuses/116810988867958704https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/zeri/statuses/116810988867958704Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:30:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The date is an interesting fact, but thr last sentence is the kicker.... on Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:16:44 GMT]]>@lednaBM

"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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