Big oil, and those investing in it, obviously have their reasons for foiling the effort.
Anyway…stuck at 33°. It feels like one of those warm sector fail days.
It’s unfortunate that every issue gets politicized and split down party lines now. CC should be about the science.
Imagine if the ozone hole was discovered today? We would have parties arguing over CFCs and people in trailer parks in Arkansas saying they’re not giving up their aerosol cans.
But the action the world took resulted in quite a success story.
I have bookmarks somewhere, but I’m on mobile right now. Here’s some saved from the old BOX site with 1961-1990 normals. Click annual averages https://web.archive.org/web/20000815054151/http://www.nws.noaa.gov/er/box/
I’m not saying it isn’t off…it appears to be a good +2F to me. But the problem is apparently more than just a faulty sensor.
The good ol’ days weren’t always good either.