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title: "5 Rising Carbon Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [The world has not warmed up very much since the millennium. Twelve years is a reasonable time… it (the temperature) has stayed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/the-world-has-not-warmed-up-very-much-since-the-millennium-twelve/)

[James Lovelock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lovelock/)

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> [Rising carbon price is essential to 'decarbonize' the economy - to remove the nation towards the era beyond fossil fuels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/rising-carbon-price-is-essential-to-decarbonize-the-economy-to-remove/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

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> [ \[W\]hen we look at the graphs of rising ocean temperatures, rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and so on, we know that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-attenborough/w-hen-we-look-at-the-graphs-of-rising-ocean-temperatures-rising/)

[David Attenborough](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-attenborough/)

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> [We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear-cut, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/we-thought-we-knew-20-years-ago-that-led-to-some-alarmist-books-mine/)

[James Lovelock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lovelock/)

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> [The problem is we don’t know what the climate is doing. We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-lovelock/the-problem-is-we-don-t-know-what-the-climate-is-doing-we-thought-we-2/)

[James Lovelock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-lovelock/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33c/james-lovelock-5790_alarmists_the-problem-is-we-don-t-know-what-the-cl_3048053.jpg)

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