@JasonSCampbell 1/4》The next year, @DrJamesEHansen published his famous paper predicting 0.5°C/decade global warming from continuing "Scenario A" carbon emissions. Representing @NASAGISS, he testified to Congress that was "business as usual."
His goal was to push climate alarm & fund the IPCC.
@JasonSCampbell @DrJamesEHansen @NASAGISS 2/4》What Hansen failed to mention when he testified to Congress is that what he called "business as usual" actually pretended the Montreal Protocol had not been adopted, & assumed exponential growth in CFC emissions. THAT was the cause of most of their predicted global warming.
@JasonSCampbell @DrJamesEHansen @NASAGISS 3/4》It worked. The IPCC was created in 1988, and Congress approved funding.
But thanks to the Montreal Protocol, CFC emissions declined drastically (as Hansen & GISS knew they would). So we got less than 1/3 of the warming GISS had dishonestly predicted.
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@JasonSCampbell @DrJamesEHansen @NASAGISS 4/4》From the very beginning, the #ClimateEmergency scare was based on lies.
It still is. The scientific evidence is compelling that climate change is real but modest & benign, and CO2 emissions are BENEFICIAL, not harmful.
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