TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months ago77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—And They're Horrifiedwww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square195fedilinkarrow-up1301file-text
arrow-up1293external-link77% of Top Climate Scientists Think 2.5°C of Warming Is Coming—And They're Horrifiedwww.commondreams.orgTokenBoomer@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square195fedilinkfile-text
“I expect a semi-dystopian future with substantial pain and suffering for the people of the Global South,” one expert said.
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-25 months agoThere has been a consistent effort from the fossil fuel industry to shift the blame from themselves to individuals. How Big Oil helped push the idea of a ‘carbon footprint’ From recycling ♻️ to plastic straws, the ad campaigns put the onus on individual consumers instead of the industry. Americans overwhelmingly want to do something about climate change. But the propaganda prevents action.
minus-squareNume MacAroonAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoTHIS propaganda prevents action because you’re basically saying that we shouldn’t do anything short of a revolution
minus-squareTokenBoomer@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoCorrect. It’s the most efficient way to institute degrowth and establish a new sustainable economy.
There has been a consistent effort from the fossil fuel industry to shift the blame from themselves to individuals.
From recycling ♻️ to plastic straws, the ad campaigns put the onus on individual consumers instead of the industry. Americans overwhelmingly want to do something about climate change. But the propaganda prevents action.
THIS propaganda prevents action because you’re basically saying that we shouldn’t do anything short of a revolution
Correct. It’s the most efficient way to institute degrowth and establish a new sustainable economy.