Climate change is the term that the GOP came up with in focus groups before it was “less scary”.
Call it what it is. Global warming.
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GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
So we’ve been going on for a pretty long time about how Florida is basically largely going to get completely lmaoed by climate change, and trying to warn people moving there and so on.
But as time goes on, I’m thinking maybe it’s best if they suffer the consequences of their actions, and let the ocean have this one.
Refugees will of course not be accepted in accordance with the new regime policy either, and FEMA has been fully dissolved.
Veneroso@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I think global warming as a term is not great, because it fails at communicating the end result of the overall average temperature increase, which is more chaotic weather on account of the increased energy present in the system. Sometimes this will mean temporary local reductions in temperature, and sometimes it will mean unusually cold years in places. Don’t give people the option to use ‘bUt iT’s cOlDeR tHiS yEAr sO hOw cAn gLoBaL wArMiNg bE rEaL’ as an easy argument.
Climate change is the more accurate term, but I do prefer terms that more accurately communicate the severity of the situation, such as the climate crisis, for example.
Kellamity@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Absolutely
Global warming’ gave us that senator with the snowball
In an ideal world we wouldn’t have to moderate accurate terms to prevent bad actors making dumb arguments
But this is clearly not an ideal world
send_me_your_ink@lemmynsfw.com 5 weeks ago
The problem is not everyone who wants to can move. Picking up everything and moving to New England or the West Coast is not viable for people making minimum wage.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
It’s more viable for renters than people who have to sell a house no one will buy but is too much of their net worth for them to feel like they can walk away from it.
In practice, sure, the situation is actually similar but the homeowners won’t feel like it is and humans are mostly illogical.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If you’re talking about stress, sure, a renter can relocate more easily than a home owner. Stress isn’t worth dollars, though. A homeowner is still much more likely to have the financial ability to relocate. If renters had spare cash of a substantial amount, don’t you think they’d put it towards owning?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
How do you think a mortgage down payment is?
Mac@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
There won’t be much to pick up after it’s destroyed by mother Gaia.
loomi@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
They should have voted then, or if they did vote, vote a different way. America is going to get the government they deserve.