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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Global warming was first modeled in 1896. And the idea of greenhouse gas was known in around 1856. Knowledge was never the problem.

[–] psud@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Sure. When did you first hear about it, and that it was caused by burning fossil fuels?

[–] qwerty_bastard@feddit.uk 2 points 10 months ago

I was born in the eighties, and I'm sure I've known about it all my life.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

Certainly that general knowledge is older than I am.