The Climate Crisis is a Scam - Professor Ian Plimer
3/8/20261 hr 10 min
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First 90 secondsFrancis Foster· Host0:00
[gentle music] You said that climate science is the biggest cult in scientific history. Why do you say that?
Ian Plimer· Guest0:07
Because it's costing the planet trillions. There's a very large body of people out there who actually are using science to promote scams. It's absolutely crippling Western countries who are going down this path because you cannot run an industrial economy on sea breezes and, um, sunbeams.
Konstantin Kisin· Host0:26
What you're saying is there have been times in the history of this planet when there's been hundreds of times more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere- Oh, yes ... than there is today.
Ian Plimer· Guest0:34
Yes. Yes. We've had times in the past when the carbon dioxide content of the atmosphere was at least 10% and perhaps 20%, compared with 0.04%. And what did we have then? We had the biggest ice age that this planet's ever enjoyed.
Konstantin Kisin· Host0:47
On the one hand, you say it's not commensurate with the science. On the other hand, you're the only scientist who's been saying this for a long time. How do you explain that?
Francis Foster· Host0:58
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