So after one of the most massive and prolonged propaganda campaigns in history, this happens:https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/more-americans-believe-global-warming-they-won-t-pay-much-n962001 …
-
-
Replying to @Outsideness
If anything the campaign by the oil industry to obfuscate, attack, and misinform the public w/r/t anthropogenic climate change is older than the campaign to convince the public that it’s real, nearly unanimously backed by scientists of all stripes, and should be global priority 1
2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @InTheNursesArms
Consistent alarmism-bias probably helps in the short-term, but after two decades it has become counter-productive. "Didn't they say we were all going to be under-water by now?"
3 replies 1 retweet 11 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
Most assessments of climate change that hit PR are scientifically conservative: they almost never include positive feedback loops (eg soot from fires disrupting the albido effect on glaciers, or tundra‘s thawing releasing methane) bc Congress can’t understand them
3 replies 0 retweets 4 likes -
Replying to @InTheNursesArms
Climate has wandered far beyond recent extremes over relatively-shallow geological time. If Gaia had a bunch of powerful positive climate feedbacks hidden in the basement, everything would already be dead.
2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness @InTheNursesArms
... Just because it would be cool if Gaia went full-Carrie and shredded the entire biosphere in a shrieking horror of crimson positive-feedback spasms, it doesn't mean it's likely.
1 reply 0 retweets 11 likes -
Replying to @Outsideness
Who is saying Gaia? Who is saying even “life”? Last time I checked our species has already passed through one climate-derived population bottleneck - but overall speciazation increased
1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
"No, really, a few monkeys could definitely get torched." "I thought you said the problem was serious?"
-
-
Replying to @Outsideness
Arguing in bad faith is at least fun - arguing incomprehensibly is just worrying
0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.