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The idea of the greenhouse effect has been around for a while, as these New York Times articles show

June 21, 1958
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August 6, 1960
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September 25, 1955
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December 21, 1969
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So what if these warnings were taken seriously back then. What would be the response to mitigate rising temperatures? I'm guessing we'd have a lot more nuclear power, given that wind and solar power were not practical back then. And with no lithium-ion batteries and therefore no practical electric cars, we might have automobiles running on natural gas or propane.
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