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Could this record-breaking heat wave be the result of the dreaded 'Greenhouse Effect'? Well, if 70-degree days in the middle of winter are the `price' of car pollution, you'll forgive me if I keep my old Pontiac.
— The Simpsons · 1989
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker wryly wonders whether unusual warmth is caused by the Greenhouse Effect, then undercuts the worry. If pleasant seventy-degree days in winter are the cost of car pollution, they will happily keep the old Pontiac. The joke plays down environmental concern with cheerful, self-serving flippancy.
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