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Wednesday 20 November 2019

Climate change: The denial isn't just limited to the denialists

Fellow citizens...of the Earth and beyond...

Unsurprisingly, there has been much debate surrounding the recent fires in Australia and how such devastation is the result of human induced climate change.

Unsurprisingly, yet again, the usual suspects - taking time away from a busy schedule of defending the convicted paedophile George Pell - responded like this:


Once again, the undeniable is denied.

Yet, despite decades of warnings from all informed quarters - note, informed quarters, not News Ltd/2GB lackeys or conservative politicians - our collective response has been appalling, nay, criminal.

We continue to delude ourselves that somehow, miraculously, we will limit the warming of the Earth to 2 degrees. (Which, in itself, is not much comfort as 2 degrees would create enormous shifts in our weather patterns).

Based on our history there is no evidence for that expectation.

This graph explains, quite starkly, the true state of play:



So it's not just the denialists in all their ignorant arrogance that are refusing to see the reality; it's also the complacents, who have not taken the threat anywhere near seriously enough, and are thinking it can now all be stopped.

It can't.

Oh, and a very special mention to all those in the media who gave (and still give) equal time on air or in print to climate denialists in the ridiculous belief that they were providing balance - well done.
 


2 comments:

  1. It will be interesting to see what happens at the COP25 UN climate talks. I understand that over 100 countries plan to challenge the “accounting loophole” that Australia uses to calculate it’s emission reduction commitments. I suppose that Minister Taylor will just ape his boss and refuse to answer any questions. But what if the UN does refuse to accept our figures!

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