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It is more than this, too. It is called climate change for other reasons, and that is because while the global, overall, average temperature will rise, local t

It is more than this, too. It is called climate change for other reasons, and that is because while the global, overall, average temperature will rise, local temps could drop, or even stay the same! Say we have a 3C temp rise, global average. Some places could have a 10C increase, others a -5C decrease average! Look at coastal areas, like British Columbia, while inland the temps drop quickly. Or the British isles. Ocean currents bring warm water north, keeping these places warm, but the currents could reverse! Or vanish! Now you have temp drops, but in a local region, even with overall 3C rises... I guess my point is, localized events mean almost nothing. The true tragedy of climate change is that by the time we can really verify it is happening, it will already have happened. And some areas will have incredibly dramatic climate changes, others almost none. Think 10C average warmer, including for heat waves. Edit: just realised you sorta said this, just in a different way. Will leave this here regardless.

sitkack 5y ago
It is called climate change because the oil industry PR people created a new word that defanged Global Warming. Change is good right? Could be bad, could be good but times are changing. *edit, boosted an existing phrase, Frank Luntz RNC Propagandist https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2003/mar/04/usnews.climatechange https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2003/mar/04/usnews.c... https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/6/21/18700218/republicans-climate-change-carbon-tax-grover-norquist-frank-luntz https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/6/21/1870021... https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/interviews/luntz.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/in...
antonvs 5y ago
> Edit: just realised you sorta said this, just in a different way. Will leave this here regardless. Yup, your description is a good complement to what I was getting at.

sitkack 5y ago

It is called climate change because the oil industry PR people created a new word that defanged Global Warming. Change is good right? Could be bad, could be good but times are changing. *edit, boosted an existing phrase, Frank Luntz RNC Propagandist https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2003/mar/04/usnews.climatechange https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2003/mar/04/usnews.c... https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/6/21/18700218/republicans-climate-change-carbon-tax-grover-norquist-frank-luntz https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2019/6/21/1870021... https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/interviews/luntz.html https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/persuaders/in...

antonvs 5y ago

> Edit: just realised you sorta said this, just in a different way. Will leave this here regardless. Yup, your description is a good complement to what I was getting at.