{"id":368836,"date":"2025-03-06T09:33:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T08:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=368836"},"modified":"2025-03-06T09:33:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T08:33:51","slug":"they-fought-the-carbon-and-the-carbon-won","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=368836","title":{"rendered":"They Fought the Carbon and The \u2026 Carbon Won"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Watts Up With That?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guest Post by<\/em><\/strong> Willis Eschenbach<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Short post. A graph that some people will prefer you ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n

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hat\u2019s it. That\u2019s the whole post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rock on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

w.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My Usual Request:<\/strong> When you comment, please quote the exact words you are discussing.<\/strong> This avoids endless misunderstandings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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