What were the carbon dioxide levels in 1872?

17 February 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

What were the carbon dioxide levels in 1872, Jeanette?

Following her reference to Aucklanders being been hit last week by a record 32.4 degrees centigrade heat wave which she said were equalled only by one day in 1872, Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons has been asked to reveal the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere in 1872. The call comes from Terry Dunleavy, secretary of the New Zealand Climate Science Coalition.

“Ms Fitzsimons is one of the leading alarmists constantly parroting the propaganda about emissions of carbon dioxide causing so-called global warming, and advocating measures to penalise farmers, get us out of our cars, massively increase our electricity prices, and similar outlandish measures she claims will reduce those emissions.

“Perhaps she will be good enough to explain how it was that we had such high temperatures way back in 1872, when we know that emissions were very much lower than they are today. The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were probably some 100 parts per million (equivalent to 10c in $10,000) lower in 1872 than they are today, and could no more have been responsible for high temperatures in 1872 than they are today.

“It’s time New Zealanders woke up to the extent to which they are being conned by these carbon emissions myths that are part of the Greens agenda to move our lifestyle back to the dark ages. Rather, we should reflect on the extent to which the increase in agricultural yields are attributable in large part to higher levels of nature’s fertiliser, carbon dioxide,” said Mr Dunleavy.

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