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The press has done a good job of scaring the shit out of people: > 54 percent of adults agreed that climate-change threatens our extinction as a species, a pol

The press has done a good job of scaring the shit out of people: > 54 percent of adults agreed that climate-change threatens our extinction as a species, a poll by Comres found, compared to just a quarter who disagreed. https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-protests-climate-change-poll/majority-of-britons-believe-climate-change-could-end-human-race-poll-idUKKCN1S73Y8 https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-protests-climate-c...

Brakenshire 7y ago
People really lack imagination, to comprehend how poor life can become without going anywhere near a threat of extinction.
- vixen99 7y ago
  It might be that they are given pause for thought by the comment of the Secretary-General of the WMO (World Meteorological Organization) who has said that the alarmist narrative on climate change has gone off the rails and has criticised the news media for provoking unjustified anxiety. They might even read this and start asking some questions: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2019.00223/full#supplementary-material https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2019.0022...
chiefalchemist 7y ago
> Following the protests, 54 percent of adults agreed that climate-change threatens our extinction as a species, a poll by Comres found, compared to just a quarter who disagreed. Key phrase: Following the protests. The follow up question I wish these surveys would ask is: Have you changed your behavior and/or habits in order to minimize your personal impact? My point is, many people give the answer they believe they should give, but their actual action are disconnected from that answer. As they say: Actions speak louder than words.
Fricken 7y ago
4-6 degrees of warming to be expected over the next century. At 4 degrees they estimate the planet will be able to support 1 billion people. It isn't the press making these claims up out of thin air. Nothing says the warming will stop there. It's a pretty rational thing to be afraid of, I mean, if the future of humanity means anything to you at all.
- underwater 7y ago
  Well if the population drops by 85% in short order humans will almost certainly be emitting a lot less carbon.

Brakenshire 7y ago

People really lack imagination, to comprehend how poor life can become without going anywhere near a threat of extinction.

vixen99 7y ago
It might be that they are given pause for thought by the comment of the Secretary-General of the WMO (World Meteorological Organization) who has said that the alarmist narrative on climate change has gone off the rails and has criticised the news media for provoking unjustified anxiety. They might even read this and start asking some questions: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2019.00223/full#supplementary-material https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2019.0022...

chiefalchemist 7y ago

> Following the protests, 54 percent of adults agreed that climate-change threatens our extinction as a species, a poll by Comres found, compared to just a quarter who disagreed. Key phrase: Following the protests. The follow up question I wish these surveys would ask is: Have you changed your behavior and/or habits in order to minimize your personal impact? My point is, many people give the answer they believe they should give, but their actual action are disconnected from that answer. As they say: Actions speak louder than words.

Fricken 7y ago

4-6 degrees of warming to be expected over the next century. At 4 degrees they estimate the planet will be able to support 1 billion people. It isn't the press making these claims up out of thin air. Nothing says the warming will stop there. It's a pretty rational thing to be afraid of, I mean, if the future of humanity means anything to you at all.

underwater 7y ago
Well if the population drops by 85% in short order humans will almost certainly be emitting a lot less carbon.