5/29/2023 0 Comments State of fear book![]() ![]() No, it’s the “ theory that increased levels of carbon dioxide and certain other gases are causing an increase in the average temperature of the earth’s atmosphere because of the so-called ‘greenhouse effect,’” answers the litigator (102). ![]() It’s not, as he initially thinks, the “heating up of the earth from burning fossil fuels” it’s not, as he next guesses, the “heating up of the surface of the earth from the excess of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is produced by burning fossil fuels” (102). ![]() This is the question that a litigator asks protagonist Peter Evans in State of Fear after Evans provides several imprecise definitions of global warming. “When you have a strongly held belief, don’t you think it’s important to express that belief accurately?” (103). ![]()
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