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The idea that someone needs to "raise awareness" of climate change is beyond absurd.
At least in the Western world, we have been panicking about climate change non-stop for over 20 years. It's been a high-profile issue for as long as my political memories stretch back.
At least in the Western world, we have been panicking about climate change non-stop for over 20 years. It's been a high-profile issue for as long as my political memories stretch back.
You might as well stage a protest at the Vatican to "raise awareness" of Catholicism.
Everyone is already aware of it. It is already taken extremely seriously. And a HUGE amount is being done about it.
Everyone is already aware of it. It is already taken extremely seriously. And a HUGE amount is being done about it.
Remember how, in 2001, everyone in the world hated George W. Bush, because he didn't want to sign the Kyoto Protocol?
That was well before Iraq; it was the only thing we knew about him. And it was enough to turn him into the world's bogeyman. Climate change was super-high-profile
That was well before Iraq; it was the only thing we knew about him. And it was enough to turn him into the world's bogeyman. Climate change was super-high-profile
Or remember how, in 2006, everyone in the world loved Al Gore for telling "An Inconvenient Truth"?
(Although arguably, if everyone loves you for telling it, maybe your "inconvenient" truth isn't all that inconvenient.)
(Although arguably, if everyone loves you for telling it, maybe your "inconvenient" truth isn't all that inconvenient.)
