They also ruled out the worst case scenario, but this doesn't sell equally well...
It makes sense to phrase it like that when politics worldwilde neglected the issue presumably hoping for best case scenarios.
Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios
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Re: Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios
#12They also ruled out the worst case scenario, but this doesn't sell equally well...
>They also ruled out the worst case scenario, but this doesn't sell equally well... Fear sells better.
A few months later: "Ah, we have an update, you have 4-8 years."
Yay?
Re: Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios
#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
It makes sense to phrase it like that when politics worldwilde neglected the issue presumably hoping for best case scenarios.
>It makes sense to phrase it like that No, it's lying by omission.
Re: Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios
#14It makes sense to phrase it like that when politics worldwilde neglected the issue presumably hoping for best case scenarios.
Sure, Trump withdrew the US from the Paris agreement, but individual states, like California, New York or Massachusetts still have a very strong environmental agenda. For example "California bans government purchase of gas vehicles" [2].
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51366123
[2] https://www.truckinginfo.com/344909/california-bans-governme...
Re: Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios
#15It makes sense to phrase it like that when politics worldwilde neglected the issue presumably hoping for best case scenarios.
Why not disconnect your internet abs unplug from everything yourself if genuinely so concerned? At least prove your principled instead of just power hungry for control
Re: Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios
#16They also ruled out the worst case scenario, but this doesn't sell equally well...
True but from what I understand of the matter (which isn't that much tbf), +2.3C is predicted to be already pretty fucking horrible, to say nothing of +3C...
Re: Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios
#17They also ruled out the worst case scenario, but this doesn't sell equally well...
It makes sense to phrase it like that when politics worldwilde neglected the issue presumably hoping for best case scenarios.
Constantly banging the drum of the worst case scenario has lead to doom fatigue. That is the only explanation for the current apathy.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
True but from what I understand of the matter (which isn't that much tbf), +2.3C is predicted to be already pretty fucking horrible, to say nothing of +3C...
+3C still sounds much better than +4.5C, which was the upper bound mentioned there.
Re: Top Scientists Just Ruled Out Best-Case Global Warming Scenarios
#19They also ruled out the worst case scenario, but this doesn't sell equally well...