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[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

If you take a look at geologic time, we’ve had huge climate swings... I think it's far more likely that it's just sunspot activity, or something just in the geologic eons of time where we have changes in the climate.

Edit

Below is my original comment and my initial edit. I'd thought to leave the original at the top, but that appears to be a mistake as people aren't reading the edit I made at all, just seeing the jist of the quote and probably getting annoyed - and rightfully so.

Anyway, for posterity:

If you take a look at geologic time, we’ve had huge climate swings... I think it's far more likely that it's just sunspot activity, or something just in the geologic eons of time where we have changes in the climate.

Edit

In my haste, I skipped formatting and linking in this comment after my client crashed a couple times.

Above is a quote from renown buffoon, Ron Johnson.

This is the original article the Milwaukee Journal Sentinal wrote after the interview, and here's the two minute video they took of him saying it.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you took a look at geologic time and understood it, you would be frightened with how quickly average temperatures worldwide have been increasing, which is how I know you're full of shit and know nothing about geologic time

[–] JoshuaFalken@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You are right and I agree with you. I quickly wrote that comment and I doing so failed to get across my sarcastic quoting of Republican senator Ron Johnson. I have edited the comment with the appropriate correction.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

Lmao understood

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