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Mar 17 • 3 tweets • 1 min read
Last year I designed & now teach an online critical thinking class, using climate as the example (but including concepts broadly applicable to many issues). Grading students' assignment to sort facts from opinions & explain why, they're nearly 100% correct. The kids are alright!
They learn about strawman arguments, cognitive bias, motivated thinking, and more. They learn what holds us back, as @DrShepherd2013's TED talk explains ... ted.com/talks/j_marsha…
... and what moves us forward, overcoming our cognitive biases, as my TED talk explains. ted.com/talks/katharin…

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"The real lesson from the battlefields of Ukraine is that Britain [fill in your country's name here] needs to rid itself of its fossil fuel addiction entirely and become self-reliant on electricity that is generated cleanly and efficiently."theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Talking to an expert who studies the oil & gas economy the other day, he told me that a country can never be energy independent while depending on fossil fuels, even if their production = consumption, since they are still tied to OPEC and the global market.
As @NRDC's @johnbowman argues here, "Clean energy doesn’t mean the end of geopolitics. [But when our source is clean energy], we reduce our reliance on nations that use energy as a weapon. We make our economy stronger and our country more secure." nrdc.org/experts/john-b…
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Feb 9
Two reasons why today's news is one piece of buckshot but no silver bullet for the climate crisis: 1. From "proof of concept" to demo plant to global implementation takes decades. 2. Only 25% of GHG emissions come from electricity & heat production. theguardian.com/environment/20…
As @ProjectDrawdown shows, there is no single silver bullet. Instead, there's a plethora of "silver buckshot" solutions, from modifying human behaviour to efficiency to smart ag & land mgmt to bleeding-edge new tech like fusion. We need them ALL. drawdown.org
There is no magic deadline to tackle the climate crisis... no hard and fast "8 years until it's too late" finish line. Instead, this is what the science says: every year matters. We can't afford to wait; we must act now.
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Jan 30
The responses to this tweet display many of the fallacies we fall into when we don't apply critical thinking. "My family didn't get asthma so these results are false" or, "I love gas, so you're wrong," or "Where did the data come from?" (they didn't read the article).
People also point out, correctly, that this is a first-world issue. In low-income countries, women & children are often disproportionately exposed to deadly indoor air pollution as they cook over an open fire. That's why efforts like this are essential. cleancooking.org
And many here in TX shared that their gas stove was the only way they could keep warm or cook during the big freeze last Feb. That's why we need *system* soln's: a clean, safe grid AND electric cooking/heating. There's no silver bullet; we need it all. thehill.com/opinion/energy…
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Jan 28
In the US, 70% of people are worried about climate change but only 8% are activated. Sowing uncertainty is a technique that's been used for decades to keep that gap as big as possible: "if we aren't 100% sure, best to wait." Here's the most recent example. desmog.com/2022/01/28/jor…
It's important to recognize that science denial is just a smokescreen. No one really questions 200 years of physics: if they did, they wouldn't be using stoves, fridges or airplanes either. The real problem is solution aversion. Watch:
That's why, when we talk about climate, we can briefly address science-y sounding arguments (no, it's not the sun) but must immediately pivot in the same breath to climate solutions (did you know there's more jobs in solar than coal? or that 90% of new power in 2020 was clean?)
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Jan 12
"I chose this life to help build a better world for you. Climate is changing so fast, and will affect your world so much, I’ve had to become your ‘gladiator science’ mama so I can fight every day – for you.” @DeepBlueSeaNext csmonitor.com/Environment/20…
And if you're not a parent, of course you have every reason to care about climate, too! It's not a zero sum game: we need everyone to lean into whatever their passion is & show others who care about the same thing that they're also the perfect person to act on climate.
As I say in my book, Saving Us, ... "Whoever you are, you are the perfect person to talk about climate change with others who share your interests and values." simonandschuster.com/books/Saving-U… ImageImage
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Jan 1
But do not rage against those who are advocating, like you are, for climate action. We are all in this together.
The saddest trend of 2021 for me was the exponential rise in attacks from those who are panicked about climate change and decide to turn on each other. It used to be that 100% of my online trolls were climate dismissives. Now, it's down to 90% and dropping fast.
Just this morning, in four hours, the ratio was 1 (dismissive) to 5 (panicked) who were spreading false information about climate action, attacking me for advocating for hope, character attacks on other climate scientists). 😰
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