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Why was Hurricane Helene so bad? Fossil fuel pollution. (www.cnn.com)

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[+] protist@mander.xyz -9 points 1 month ago (9 children)

“For decades now, scientists have been warning us that extreme weather events will be exacerbated by this blanket of carbon pollution we’ve been wrapping around our planet,” said Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist at the Nature Conservancy.

I don't know how I feel about framing carbon dioxide emissions as "pollution." All this carbon has been in the atmosphere before, it's just been trapped in the ground for hundreds of millions of years. There's got to be a way to talk about that so low information people get it. They definitely don't see carbon dioxide as pollution, since it's intangible and a healthy portion of our atmosphere

[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

When we add excessive amounts of it, it is definitely pollution. I think it's time to start talking about it as such.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm talking about changing minds. CO2 emissions have already been framed as pollution for decades, and that narrative has demonstrably failed to move the public consciousness. Just saying "oh it's definitely pollution when there's too much of it" is dismissive and will change zero minds, assuming that's your goal here.

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

so you think NOT calling it pollution is going to change minds? what are you arguing for exactly?

the problem is not people getting hung up on CO2 being labeled as "pollution", that's silly. the problem is people are in denial because they don't want to change their carefree 20th century lifestyles.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Public consciousness has shifted dramatically over the last couple of decades... How would you demonstrate it?

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