Re:Why Climate Alarmism Hurts Us All
by leereeves on Thursday December 05, 2019 @10:31AM
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> On that there have been claims we have 12 years to get on track
In order to meet an arbitrary mark chosen primarily because people like round numbers. Nonetheless, the IPCC report was reasonable, and didn't conclude with "we're all going to die".
But then celebrities and social media oversimplified that and people who get most of their information from celebrities or social media came to believe that they're going to die, soon.
That's alarmism.
And the author called out alarmism, not the IPCC, so pointing out that the IPCC aren't alarmists isn't relevant.
In order to meet an arbitrary mark chosen primarily because people like round numbers. Nonetheless, the IPCC report was reasonable, and didn't conclude with "we're all going to die".
But then celebrities and social media oversimplified that and people who get most of their information from celebrities or social media came to believe that they're going to die, soon.
That's alarmism.
And the author called out alarmism, not the IPCC, so pointing out that the IPCC aren't alarmists isn't relevant.