“What historians will definitely wonder about in future centuries is how deeply flawed logic, obscured by shrewd and unrelenting propaganda, actually enabled a coalition of powerful special interests to convince nearly everyone in the world that CO2 from human industry was a dangerous, planet-destroying toxin. It will be remembered as the greatest mass delusion in the history of the world - that CO2, the life of plants, was considered for a time to be a deadly poison.”
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Richard Lindzen
Richard Lindzen, born on February 8, 1940, is a renowned physicist specializing in atmospheric science. He has made significant contributions to the understanding of the physical mechanisms of climate change, particularly focusing on the impact of clouds on the climate. Professor Lindzen has been a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has published numerous papers in international academic journals. more
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