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Shell knew (half a century ago!) that CO2 was a problem
Fossil fuels are the very bedrock of our global civilization; but oil and gas ‘production’ is nothing of the sort: it’s not production, it’s extraction. Those who ‘produce’ these resources are profiteering from their historic control of them, and actually … Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Climate, Communication, Education, Energy, Environment, GCD: Global climate disruption, Health, History, Phlyarology
Tagged climate change, denial, Justice, lies, Shell
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Man announces he will quit drinking by 2050
“Man announces he will quit drinking by 2050”: A thoroughly brilliant parody of the COPout26 farce.
The author of this text (not me BTW) deserves much kudos; our Glorious World Leaders, on the other hand, badly need to stop shovelling horseshit. Continue reading
The awakening of homo fatuus brutus
The idea of gaining acceptance for a change of species name for humanity is all but impossible — and yet, at the same time, totally necessary. Continue reading
Posted in ... wait, what?, Communication, Core thought, memetics, Phlyarology, Strategy
Tagged Change, cognition, cognitive bias, denial, Dunning-Kruger, homo fatuus brutus, incompetence, stupid
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My experience talking to climate contrarians:
Originally posted on Echoes from a Pale Blue Dot:
From Wiley Miller‘s classic “Non Sequitur”… This is nearly always what I encounter when talking to a “denier”. It’s not about facts, it’s about ideology.
Distraction tactics
The voice of reason… it makes perfect sense: when you can’t win, distract the audience.
Posted in ... wait, what?, GCD: Global climate disruption, People, Phlyarology, Poetry, Science, Strategy
Tagged AGW, climate change, consensus, denial, environment, global warming, Naomi Oreskes
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Wibble 