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So what are the climate change denialists in your life saying right now? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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With the month long heat wave.

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[โ€“] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

What are you basing the existential threat claim on? I don't think I've heard a credible scientist ever claim it's going to end our specie. The yearly excess deaths estimates I've heard vary from few hundred thousand to couple million a year in 2050 - 2100.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    While your numbers, if factual (no source posted), are statistically correct (in that it won't make our species go extinct), you have to remember a simple fact: those numbers represent individual human lives. Family, friends, neighbors, your pizza guy, etc. Pretty brutal to be so flippant about.

    Also, this doesn't take into account the potential for cascading environmental system failures that could be caused by such warming. These unknowns could greatly change the equation.

    I realize you are mainly arguing the point in response to "existential threats" being bandied about, but it's a weird stance to take here.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    It's a real issue and actions needs to be taken to prevent the worst case scenario but I find it not useful when people extraggerate the dangers of it. It makes people suspicious about what other things we're being misled about.

    https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/climate-change-and-health

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  • [โ€“] -5 points 3 years ago

    Exactly - it is your duty to question the Government and the scientists that work for them. Lets be honest, the Govt's track record for truth is a tad suspect and thats being extra nice. As I said earlier, the alarmists have been selling this to us(or trying to) in differently wrapped packages now for several decades. Even back in the 1970's there were hysterical claims being made. None of it came anywhere close to being true. So, logically, people question it.

    More importantly, people question the mitigation tactics which seem to only affect the lower/middle classes directly. Another tough thing for the average Joe to swallow.

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