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“It’s snowing today so global warming is a hoax.” weather ≠ climate It blows my mind that to some people, 2.2mm isn’t a big deal. Seriously, the size of earth
by reimertz 7y ago
“It’s snowing today so global warming is a hoax.”
weather ≠ climate
It blows my mind that to some people, 2.2mm isn’t a big deal. Seriously, the size of earth, the amount of coastlines, the amount of rivers connecting to the ocean, the snowballing effect on increased melting?
What is it that people don’t get?
- easytiger 7y agoWhere did I say it was? Can you perhaps quote the part?
- reimertz 7y agoI’m just saying the mention / comparison you are making is very similar to that kind of rhetoric. Also, it doesn’t relate to the actual problem but can be used to undermine the seriousness if these values are true.
- iso1631 7y agoI suspect people think that along the lines of A high tide causes floods, but that's like a 4000mm tide. What difference does it matter if it's 4002mm? And they'd be mostly right - if it was just 2mm higher that wouldn't be an issue. What's missing is 1) 2mm is average, some places it's far higher 2) 2mm in 2 months is 12cm in a decade, or 30cm after a 25 year mortgage