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. . . For nearly a decade now, there has been no global warming. Even though atmospheric CO2 has continued to accumulate - up about 4 percent in the last 10 years - the global mean temperature has remained flat. That should raise obvious questions about CO2 being the cause of climate change.

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Elias Canetti

People's fates are simplified by their names

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Justice requires that everyone should have enough to eat. But it also requires that everyone should contribute to the production of food.

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One has a prejudice wherever one fears a transformation.

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. . . For nearly a decade now, there has been no global warming. Even though atmospheric CO2 has continued to accumulate - up about 4 percent in the last 10 years - the global mean temperature has remained flat. That should raise obvious questions about CO2 being the cause of climate change.

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