It’s not the case that carbon dioxide drives temperatures. When you leave Ice Ages, it’s the other way around: The temperatures go up first, and then carbon dioxide levels go up.
Meaning of the quote
According to the scientist Piers Corbyn, carbon dioxide does not cause temperatures to rise. Instead, when the Earth comes out of an Ice Age, the temperatures increase first, and then the carbon dioxide levels go up. This means that rising temperatures are not the result of increased carbon dioxide, but the other way around.
About Piers Corbyn
Piers Corbyn is a British weather forecaster, anti-vaccine activist, and conspiracy theorist. He’s the elder brother of former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and has gained prominence for his rejection of the scientific consensus on climate change and his opposition to COVID-19 measures.
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Polar bears did very well in the warmer times. They didn’t die out at all; they didn’t die out in the last 10,000 years, nor during the previous interglacial, nor the one before that. So, they’re just used as a deceitful heartthrob; you know, to pluck your heartstrings because the polar bears might die out.
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