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Originally Posted by Frownland
Might be true on a level, but
Exxon Knew about Climate Change almost 40 years ago
The funding of climate change denialism from the oil industry is also a tacit admission of foreknowledge. Even going back to the early industrial revolution, people in England seemed to widely recognize the direct impact of the recent industrialization on the environment. |
Yes, that's true - and on a local scale the damage done to the environment was there to be seen from Day One of the industrial revolution.
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Originally Posted by Anteater
Lisna, ... You don't need to be such a literalist ...
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Yes, I was scoring a rather petty point there. I think you brought out the literalist in me when you effectively rounded down 15% to zero to suit your argument.
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In Britain, the UN Report was headline news for all of yesterday's newspapers. Here's a good example:
Amid the alarm, there are some calls for, and even hints of, government action, although, of course, a lot of that outrage will probably disappear by tomorrow.
I use a website that shows me the front page of every major Brit newspaper, so I can report with confidence that not one of them has adopted the Anteater argument, " No point doing anything, because China...", even though, according to his pie chart, Britain is responsible for a mere 1% sliver of global emissions.
The implicit judgement of the British media is that, even at 1% UK versus 30% China, the argument doesn't fly, or, as elphenor puts it:-
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Originally Posted by elphenor
Bruh nobody care about your China thing
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Originally Posted by Frownland
It's always been pretty popular.
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Yes, from my reading of history, it's always been too popular for its own good.