• theangryseal@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    He admitted he didn’t understand the science.

    Neither do I. You know what we should do when we don’t understand the science?

    SHUT THE FUCK UP AND LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WHO DO!

    • ThePyroPython@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      It’s like who do you trust to fix your car:

      Your mechanic who you know has worked on cars before they could drive one, is passionate about cars, and has already gotten several shit boxes to run more reliably than a factory fresh Toyota.

      Or this random spice head with a foil hat who just rolled up started kicking your tires and saying your car won’t run because of a Jewish parts conspiracy.

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      5 months ago

      The science is actually pretty straightforward, I taught it to my nephew because it’s a great way to understand thermodynamics, conservation of energy and a few other fundamentals.

      I’m not talking about crunching numbers to calculate the total CO2 equivalent in the air or to model an ice shelf or to quantify the AMOC or something, but the fundamental issue and why it happens is easy enough to understand for the layman.

      There’s a great video of Carl Sagan addressing congress(?) about climate change where he explains it concisely, if you’re interested.

      • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Did you put into proportion the amount of damage your nephew does compared to, say, Exxon?

        That science is also easily understood, but corporate responsibility is for PR only.

        Gibson is correct. The fearmongers target the individual, not the root cause.