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"The general trend in the last 4,000 years is that carbon dioxide and temperature have been moving against each other."

Piers Corbyn, English Scientist

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"The general trend in the last 4,000 years is that carbon dioxide and temperature have been moving against each other."

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"The general trend in the last 4,000 years is that carbon dioxide and temperature have been moving against each other."

"It's not the case that carbon dioxide drives temperatures. When you leave Ice Ages, it's the other way around: The temperatures go up first, and then carbon dioxide levels go up."

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