Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
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Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
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Re: Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
#2Such an issue is hard to affect on a personal scale, perhaps this is part of the reason for the indifference?
If there isn't anything I can personally do to resolve it and it's a slow barely visible change, I'll sit quietly and hope for some of the worlds governments to fund a viable solution.
Re: Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
#3Such an issue is hard to affect on a personal scale, perhaps this is part of the reason for the indifference? If there isn't anything I can personally do to resolve it and it's a slow barely visible change, I'll sit quietly and hope for some of the worlds governments to fund a viable solution.
That's a good explanation indeed. But then again that applies to almost anything of a political nature.
Re: Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
#4You have to include a provocative title that excites the newer HN members. Rename the article "How race/gender/class sees irreversible climate change" and re-submit it.
Re: Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
#5Part of your problem is probably that it's not really news.
Pretty much everyone knows that climate change is happening and that we should be doing something about it (not that that translates to much action).
The IPCC keep publishing reports like this mainly in an effort win over 'skeptics'.
Re: Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
#6Part of your problem is probably that it's not really news. Pretty much everyone knows that climate change is happening and that we should be doing something about it (not that that translates to much action). The IPCC keep publishing reports like this mainly in an effort win over 'skeptics'.
That's exactly the point (which I obviously failed to get through). The news (at least to me) is that we're past the tipping points - it is irreversible now. Plus it is not (probably) just about droughts, weird weather and rising sea levels but rather about Earth becoming like Venus.
Re: Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
#7You have to include a provocative title that excites the newer HN members. Rename the article "How race/gender/class sees irreversible climate change" and re-submit it.
I think this is a joke but I don't get it... could you explain please?
Re: Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
#8Part of your problem is probably that it's not really news. Pretty much everyone knows that climate change is happening and that we should be doing something about it (not that that translates to much action). The IPCC keep publishing reports like this mainly in an effort win over 'skeptics'.
Its so predictable, futuretimeline.net published the story a few years ago:
Re: Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
#9Such an issue is hard to affect on a personal scale, perhaps this is part of the reason for the indifference? If there isn't anything I can personally do to resolve it and it's a slow barely visible change, I'll sit quietly and hope for some of the worlds governments to fund a viable solution.
I totally agree. Of course climate change and its newly announced irreversability is alarming. It's really hard, though, to figure out what immediate, effective action one can take.
Re: Tried to stir HN crowd but failed miserably (IPCC announcement)
#10Those who are willing to take IPCC at its word need no convincing. Those who are not so willing also need no convincing. By now there's no third category of meaningful size, and everyone on both sides is sick and tired of arguing over it.