Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn't Want to Talk About It

Re:Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn'... by Our_Benefactors on Saturday April 29, 2023 @12:18AM (#35749986)

Environmental terrorism won’t catch on since it is after all, you know, terrorism. A crunchy granola crackpot letting air out of a few car tires won’t become a trend, it’s a clickbait for ecofacists.

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Re:Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn'... by Gigachad on Saturday April 29, 2023 @12:41AM (#35750086)

It won’t have to catch on because the change is already happening. Negative sentiment around oversized cars, fossil fuel companies, and single use plastics is already widespread.

Throwing paint on fur coats didn’t unite buyers in buying more fur coats, it just highlighted how unethical they were to a population that mostly already agreed.

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Re:Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn'... by pharmakom on Saturday April 29, 2023 @03:18AM (#35750799)

Agree. It’s all about moving the Overton window to determine what gets mass adoption.

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Re:Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn'... by Our_Benefactors on Saturday April 29, 2023 @11:32AM (#35753883)

You can feel negatively against those things without supporting ecoterrorism like degassing tires, blocking freeway traffic, and vandalizing property.

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Re:Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn'... by Gigachad on Sunday April 30, 2023 @12:24AM (#35759674)

Sure, and you can do both :)

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Re:Ocean Warming Study So Distressing, Some Scientists Didn'... by pornel on Saturday April 29, 2023 @12:40AM (#35750085)

When whole countries start experiencing deadly heatwaves and crop failures making them uninhabitable, we will have real terrorism and wars over this.

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