Five US states where climate change could be disastrous
Texas
Texas is a case of extremes. In Climate Central's analysis, it's the state expected to have the greatest threat from drought and wildfires by 2050 and the second-greatest threat from extreme heat - a total of 115 dangerous heat days per year.
Yet the state does not include heat or drought in its current emergency management plan, never mind future planning.
In a statement, the Texas department of public safety said they participate "in a yearly threat and risk assessment to ensure all likely hazards are included in preparedness efforts for the state".
The problem with climate change is that the media just can't properly expose it to the public.
In scientific circles, there's no doubt that climate change is a thing and there's no real doubt that mankind has a real influence on our climate as well. However, when this subject is discussed on TV, there's always this need to show "both sides" of the story, so you'll have a climate scientist sitting in the studio, as well as some kind of moron who denies climate change is a thing.
The problem here is that the scientist can only convince people that climate change is a thing by showing numbers, statistics, factual research and other really, really boring stuff. The moron, on the other hand, will only have to spew cookie cutter bullshit which is lapped up by the general public like sweet honey.
And thus the idea that there's doubt about climate change, or that it's a controversial subject is born.
remember pollution? lol no one does or cares, its right down the street, to hands on? to personal , to hard to upsetting? yea thought so
climate change sooo much more convenient,comforable, non-upsetting, non confrontational to the dangerous repercussions , repost some spam, share on shitbook, post a fucking links from bs 10 diff (all the same) java drawn sites, join a parade , have a nice talk and go to a useless summit OK
its a nice popular non productive way to do nothing, comfortable impersonal, not dangerous and useless
Eraser wrote:The problem with climate change is that the media just can't properly expose it to the public.
In scientific circles, there's no doubt that climate change is a thing and there's no real doubt that mankind has a real influence on our climate as well. However, when this subject is discussed on TV, there's always this need to show "both sides" of the story, so you'll have a climate scientist sitting in the studio, as well as some kind of moron who denies climate change is a thing.
The problem here is that the scientist can only convince people that climate change is a thing by showing numbers, statistics, factual research and other really, really boring stuff. The moron, on the other hand, will only have to spew cookie cutter bullshit which is lapped up by the general public like sweet honey.
And thus the idea that there's doubt about climate change, or that it's a controversial subject is born.
dutch news tv must be shit then
actual denialists target elected representatives with bribes; they don't waste their time in a news studio where they'll be seriously challenged in public
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