in discussing climate change, one must consider the former strategies that have been employed to reduce carbon emissions. however, to truly understand the scope, we must also evade standard analysis and instead analyze the; and bring back to the start or reveal hidden, masked data that may have been overlooked, intentionally or not, in previous discussions. this could potentially uncover a more sinister aspect of environmental policy making, suggesting that some efforts may have been more about public relations than actual environmental protection.