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Talking About Climate Change All Wrong?


 
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#1 eds

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Posted 16 December 2016 - 05:48 AM

According to a new study,
. . . Conservatives who dismiss science,
. . . might see climate change differently,
. . . if exposed to messages that evoke the more verdant past,
. . . rather than an apocalyptic future.

"Describe in words, and pictures,
. . . what the past used to be like, an almost Eden-like version of the planet,
. . . one with clean forests, and little traffic and pollution.
Then we draw a comparison to today, without any references to the future,”
. . . It is much harder to avoid the reality of change,
. . . when the comparison is to the beautiful planet,
. . . in its ‘untouched’ form.”

12-16-2016 Source:  Talking About Climate Change All Wrong?

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#2 still learning

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Posted 18 December 2016 - 04:55 AM

Interesting that the linked articles show photos of two reservoirs and write of:

"pictures what the past used to be like, an almost Eden-like version of the planet, one with clean forests and little traffic and pollution."

One photo pair is of Northern California's Lake Oroville, one predrought at maximum capacity and the other in middrought before the higher elevation annual snowmelt accumulates.  Lots of moored recreational boats on both.  Field of view of drought photo looks to have been chosen to emphasize the lake drawdown.   Neither version looks Edenlike to me.
Another photo pair is of Lake Powell in Arizona.  Lots of folks think the Glen Canyon dam and the impounded Lake Powell are altogther a mistake, an environmental disaster.  Again, not Edenlike, full lake or empty lake.

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Posted 22 December 2016 - 06:53 PM

trumps cabinet? #ClimateChange will only get worse unless we FIGHT.

#4 SheforACT

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Posted 25 January 2017 - 11:19 PM

This strategy might also counter the argument often invoked by conservatives that today’s global warming is just another example of natural climate variations that have occurred historically.

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Posted 02 February 2017 - 04:12 AM

So called "conservatives" only deny #climate change because they are owned; lock, stock and barrell by big oil
corporations like the koch brothers.
They're not about to kill their "golden goose"

I liken it to junkies. If they quit their habit, the dealers couldn't sell their poison products; no buyers.
Big oil dealers want us to stay junkies.

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