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Agreed. I see less overall denial and instead more softening of the denial. "The earth's climate has always changed!" and "Sure climate is changing, but can you
by pbuzbee 5y ago
Agreed. I see less overall denial and instead more softening of the denial. "The earth's climate has always changed!" and "Sure climate is changing, but can you even say what an ideal climate is?"
- worldsayshi 5y agoI feel that much of the lack of a feeling of urgency comes from people not grasping the inertia and scale of things. I remember when covid started out and there was all those expectations on emissions going down. I got the feeling that some people thought that if we stopped "doing things" emissions would go down to almost zero and if emissions would go down to zero then the problem would be gone almost instantaneously.
- 4ec0755f5522 5y agoIn Canada, the Financial Post just ran an editorial saying it was a net positive because it will result in fewer deaths from "cold waves" e.g. winter storms. Flooding and other severe weather events were, unsurprisingly, handwaved away. Feedback loops and tipping points were completely ignored. I do not think it was intended as satire, but the idea that we should cook ourselves to death to prevent freezing to death has a very Swiftian vibe to me. https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-ipcc-global-warming-report-is-more-chill-than-you-have-read https://financialpost.com/opinion/opinion-ipcc-global-warmin...