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Re:Carbon calculator: taking one flight emits as much as man... by Udik on Friday July 19, 2019 @08:27AM (#20478011)
> the headlines on climate are irrefutable

That would be a first for journalism in its long history. Why can't people accept that headlines on climate are as clickbaity as headlines on just anything else?

Edit: also being downvoted for pointing out that newspapers headlines are clickbaity is a first :)

Re:Carbon calculator: taking one flight emits as much as man... by Dumblydorr on Friday July 19, 2019 @08:40AM (#20478109)
The headlines may be faulty, but the broader point is climate is rapidly changing and every action we take is one less drop in the bucket.
Re:Carbon calculator: taking one flight emits as much as man... by Udik on Friday July 19, 2019 @08:51AM (#20478190)
I agree, there's a lot of solid science, confirmed by what we're measuring year after year. Climate change is happening and CO2 emissions are a major cause, or the only one.

But we should not underestimate the power of a decades-long daily stream of clickbaity headlines on the same topic, all skewed in the same direction- the catastrophic one, the one that spreads fear and incites indignation. Nobody is immune to it, not even scientists are.

Re:Carbon calculator: taking one flight emits as much as man... by robin_reala on Friday July 19, 2019 @08:56AM (#20478229)
Not the only one by a long shot. Methane (from cattle and melting permafrost) is a dramatically worse greenhouse gas than CO2.