Whoa hoe, another cult piece that let’s the cat out of the bag
New book offers tips to translate climate science into political gains
At a time when climate politics in the United States and globally remain deeply polarized, Will Hackman, a climate advocate and political operative, argues that the climate movement needs a new language — one rooted less in doom, guilt and abstract planetary crisis, and more in people’s everyday lives, health, safety, costs and communities.
Yeah, that sounds like a different type of scaring the shit out of people on a personal level
In his new book, Radically Reframing Climate Change: A Guide to Saving Ourselves, he makes the case that climate advocates have too often spoken to those who already agree with them, while failing to reach people who may be cautious, doubtful or simply disconnected from the issue. The challenge, he says, is not only scientific or technological. It is political, cultural and communicative.
Political, huh? FYI, all these next excerpts are Hackman’s responses to questions
We are not doing this to save the planet. We are doing this to save ourselves. This is about the future sustainability of human civilization. We need to stabilize the climate and reduce greenhouse gas emissions so that we can protect the ecosystems we depend on for survival.
So, let’s talk about public health. Let’s talk about pollen counts, allergies, lung inflammation, asthma and other conditions made worse by climate change. Let’s talk about hurricanes, floods and fires, but not only from 30,000 feet. Let’s talk about what happened in those communities and what it took for people to rebuild.
There are so many ways to make this more specific to humans. It is not about saving the planet. It is about saving us. It is not just a climate crisis; it is a humanity crisis.
A different method of scaremongering, one that is much more personal
The climate movement is in a wilderness right now. A lot has failed recently — our messages, our tactics, our energy and enthusiasm. Since the 2024 [U.S. presidential] election, many people have been looking for a way forward.
We need new messages that connect with more people. But we also need to rebuild empowerment within ourselves. The first action chapter in my book is about rebuilding personal empowerment, and it is grounded in optimism.
So 35 years of doomsaying was wrong, so, let’s use more doomsaying to get government to take people’s money and freedom. It’s a very long article, but, really, the same old same old, showing the failed scaremongering and the notion that government should be empowered.
I do not think that “climate change” will be an important issue at the midterms. It instead will as always be a referendum on the President.
And Americans are blaming him for the shitty economy
Every year the carbon footprint of an American goes down about 1%
Teach has ben bitching about loss of freedom for decades. He still remembers and regrets the disappearnce of incandescent light bulbs.
Our freedoms to burn our own trash were taken away by those damn libs.and they demanded that we put those damn catalytic converters on our cars.
FRREDOM!!!
NO VENTS FOR NEW GAS STOVE INSTALLATION
FREEDOM !!!FREEDOM !!!
from the article: “… according to the Yale research, only about 10% of people are in the dismissive category — people for whom rejecting climate change is part of their identity.”
That would be people such as Mr Teach and his disciples. It would also include those who make their livings (and fortunes!) from selling fossil fuels and fossil fuel devices. Obviously, there is overlap between these groups – auto and other transportation industries, extraction industries, utilities etc.
These are many trillions of dollars industries!
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.” — Upton Sinclair (1935)
Some deniers, for example, the MAGAts, are just following their leaders.
FUTILE! Climate “science” is all about political activism not about science. You can tell because the activists never address Chinese pollution, which increases every year at a rate that dwarfs any “reductions” in the rest of the world. Add to that the forest fires in Canada last year (set intentionally by activists to raise climate change awaeness), totally erased all the calculated carbon reductions for all of human history, in every cou try, combined. Then the electrical demand for a thousand new data centers totally erased all the “reduced carbon footprints” for every EV produced and used in the usa. SUCKERS!
Just nonsense. Scientific consensus very often drives political action. Let’s see if we can find any examples.
Seatbelts, airbags, lead-free gasoline, speed limits, traffic lights, vaccines, FDA, CDC, Montreal Protocol, Clean Air Act, Clean Water, sewer systems, OSHA, drug bans, catalytic converters, pesticide restrictions, smoking restrictions, medical licenses etc.
How would American and EU citizens stop Chinese carbon pollution? Stop all Chinese imports?
Right-wing, MAGAt BS that all the Canadian wildfires were activist arson. Prove it.
Right-wing, MAGAt BS that Canada wildfires erased all the carbon reductions for all of human history.
Humans release around 38 billion tons of CO2 globally each year through fossil fuel combustion and industrial processes, but with 15% or so from wildfires. (Note too, that the regrowth of burned forests reincorporates the carbon).
NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites detect active wildfires twice each day. Scientists studied this data over a 21-year span and found that extreme wildfires have become more frequent, more intense, and larger. The largest increase in extreme fire behavior was in the temperate conifer forests of the Western U.S. and the boreal forests of northern North America and Russia. Warmer nighttime temperatures are a major contributing factor, allowing fire activity to persist overnight.
FUTILE! They cry! That is the fourth stage of climate-change denial.
1. It’s not warming.
2 It’s warming but not from CO2.
3. It’s warming from CO2 but the cure is even worse.
4. It’s warming from CO2 but it’s just too late. (Futile!)
Thank you for putting this together with such clarity. It is always refreshing to find a post that gets straight to the facts without drifting off-topic or using complicated wording. ?????? ???? ???? ?????? ? ????