Re:CO2 in the atmosphere just exceeded 415ppm for the first ...
by ars on Monday May 13, 2019 @05:41AM
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> What I don't understand is why this is so controversial
The amount of CO2 is not controversial. What's controversial is what we should change.
There are tons of people who fully believe in climate change but vehemently disagree on what we should do about it.
There are also those who don't think it's a reason to worry so much or panic.
All of those people get reworked by the controversy hungry Media and converted into climate change deniers, and the result is the political world we live in right now.
If we could disentangle all those things it would help a lot. But instead we get believers and deniers, i.e. basically religion.
There are also those who believe that exaggerating the problem is the best way to get people to do something. In my opinion that has backfired majorly.
The amount of CO2 is not controversial. What's controversial is what we should change.
There are tons of people who fully believe in climate change but vehemently disagree on what we should do about it.
There are also those who don't think it's a reason to worry so much or panic.
All of those people get reworked by the controversy hungry Media and converted into climate change deniers, and the result is the political world we live in right now.
If we could disentangle all those things it would help a lot. But instead we get believers and deniers, i.e. basically religion.
There are also those who believe that exaggerating the problem is the best way to get people to do something. In my opinion that has backfired majorly.