"I noticed this was back when republicans respected both science and scientists."
Government money to chase the Ice-Age scare was drying up fast as we entered the current warming phase. Scientists needed a new bogeyman to rattle coin out of governments.
Sagan said he was going to talk about how CO2 affected the climate of planets. He meant Venus.
Therefore he was claiming that the concentration of CO2 on Venus vs Earth was legitimate. ie
90x965,000 molecules per unit volume vs 440 molecules per unit volume ...... ~ 200,000 greater density on Venus and says its apples vs apples. Venus is also closer to the sun etc.
Any wonder he was acclaimed as a genius by those who benefited.
