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The biggest problem with global warming is that it's such a stupid term. Global warming is only a small portion of a bunch of different kinds of abuse we put th

The biggest problem with global warming is that it's such a stupid term. Global warming is only a small portion of a bunch of different kinds of abuse we put the planet through. Plastics, destruction of the ocean plankton, topsoil etc. have all conveniently been put into a single term called global warming, which is just one symptom of many things. As a result we still have these discussions whether global warming exists or not, when it's really irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.

tda 5y ago
I disagree: the climate crisis is the single most scariest thing that we have done to our planet. Other forms of mass environmental destruction (next to what you mentioned also mass animal extinction,rainforest destruction,PFAS) are all horrible but are more of a temporal and localized nature. With enough will and effort they can all be addressed like the hole in the ozon layer. The climate crisis is already many decades in the making and cannot realistically be prevented. It is happening and the only question is not if but how much you will be impacted
esarbe 5y ago
Well, since 'global warming' is only concerned about the damage resulting from greenhouse gas emissions, that term is not to bad, actually. I like 'global warming' much better than the 'green'washed term 'climate change' we've had to use in the last 15 years because, you know, part of the earth got cooler, sometimes, and who even believes in 'global warming'? Even the term 'global warming' is/was considered political. What the heck... To collect all the consequences and processes you mentioned, I usually like to use the term "predatory ecosystem exploitation", because that pretty much describes what we're doing to our life support system.
- ihumanable 5y ago
  Climate Change is a reaction to people going, "There's still snow" or "There's a polar vortex in Texas" and using cold weather (driven by Climate Change) to argue against Global Warning. It makes sense as when most lay people think of "warming" in connection with the "global climate" they likely think "weather" and the idea that it will be 2-3 degrees "warmer" out doesn't seem like a big deal. 68F feels pretty close to 71F, no biggie. At a planet wide scale though, this is a huge amount of energy and causes a massive change in the climate. There's a lot of "greenwashing" in the world, but the term is generally applied to corporations that use "a form of marketing spin in which green PR and green marketing are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organization's products, aims and policies are environmentally friendly." The term "Climate Change" is the preferred term from the scientific community and isn't promoted by corporations to make themselves seem more green.

tda 5y ago

I disagree: the climate crisis is the single most scariest thing that we have done to our planet. Other forms of mass environmental destruction (next to what you mentioned also mass animal extinction,rainforest destruction,PFAS) are all horrible but are more of a temporal and localized nature. With enough will and effort they can all be addressed like the hole in the ozon layer. The climate crisis is already many decades in the making and cannot realistically be prevented. It is happening and the only question is not if but how much you will be impacted

esarbe 5y ago

Well, since 'global warming' is only concerned about the damage resulting from greenhouse gas emissions, that term is not to bad, actually. I like 'global warming' much better than the 'green'washed term 'climate change' we've had to use in the last 15 years because, you know, part of the earth got cooler, sometimes, and who even believes in 'global warming'? Even the term 'global warming' is/was considered political. What the heck... To collect all the consequences and processes you mentioned, I usually like to use the term "predatory ecosystem exploitation", because that pretty much describes what we're doing to our life support system.

ihumanable 5y ago
Climate Change is a reaction to people going, "There's still snow" or "There's a polar vortex in Texas" and using cold weather (driven by Climate Change) to argue against Global Warning. It makes sense as when most lay people think of "warming" in connection with the "global climate" they likely think "weather" and the idea that it will be 2-3 degrees "warmer" out doesn't seem like a big deal. 68F feels pretty close to 71F, no biggie. At a planet wide scale though, this is a huge amount of energy and causes a massive change in the climate. There's a lot of "greenwashing" in the world, but the term is generally applied to corporations that use "a form of marketing spin in which green PR and green marketing are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organization's products, aims and policies are environmentally friendly." The term "Climate Change" is the preferred term from the scientific community and isn't promoted by corporations to make themselves seem more green.