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By now everyone is aware of the two young people who spilled some soup on Van Gogh's Sunflower's at the UK National Gallery
I've seen a lot of debate over whether they should have, or not, or it's effectiveness, or not, as advocacy
Here I explore the WHY of @JustStop_Oil
By now everyone is aware of the two young people who spilled some soup on Van Gogh's Sunflower's at the UK National Gallery
I've seen a lot of debate over whether they should have, or not, or it's effectiveness, or not, as advocacy
Here I explore the WHY of @JustStop_Oil
First, let me express nothing but support for young people engaging in political advocacy & trying to make the world a better place
My advice to young people about advocacy is the same as it is to scientists ... know what you are doing and why
So let's take a look at their WHY
My advice to young people about advocacy is the same as it is to scientists ... know what you are doing and why
So let's take a look at their WHY
JSO says
"Humanity is on the verge of an abyss, accelerated human induced climate change will destroy human civilisation unless emergency action is taken to rapidly reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) to zero in a very short timescale"
juststopoil.org/wp-content/upl…
"Humanity is on the verge of an abyss, accelerated human induced climate change will destroy human civilisation unless emergency action is taken to rapidly reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) to zero in a very short timescale"
juststopoil.org/wp-content/upl…
It's understandable that if a group truly holds millenarian beliefs they are going to act out in radical ways
They literally believe that "Further expansion of oil and gas production globally is putting us on course for human extinction"
Where did they get such views?
From us
They literally believe that "Further expansion of oil and gas production globally is putting us on course for human extinction"
Where did they get such views?
From us
I encourage you to read the @JustStop_Oil manifesto
It's a sad statement of what we experts have done to young people
It is chock full of hyperbole from authoritative figures, references to work of the "planetary boundaries" folks & RCP8.5 studies
The below from their preamble
It's a sad statement of what we experts have done to young people
It is chock full of hyperbole from authoritative figures, references to work of the "planetary boundaries" folks & RCP8.5 studies
The below from their preamble
What literature do they cite to support their millenarian, apocalyptic views?
They cite a lot from the commentaries on "planetary boundaries"
We responded to last week to these folks pushing back against their calls for even more apocalyptic focus in research
They cite a lot from the commentaries on "planetary boundaries"
We responded to last week to these folks pushing back against their calls for even more apocalyptic focus in research
Of course, the "tipping points" commentary cited by JSO earned an all-time correction for misleading its readers about risk
And most of their references to the scientific literature to justify their doomed outlook lead to - what else - RCP8.5 studies
The JSO manifest dismisses the IPCC report based on a Washington Post article that quotes a number of scientists dissatisfied with the IPCC and then asks, ironically enough: "What danger is there in being overly alarmist on the subject?"
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/…
So good job everyone
Efforts to undermine the IPCC, climate science & elevate the prospects of a near-term apocalypse have borne fruit, at least w/ this group
Climate change is real, serious & vigorous policy action makes sense
I am sorry to disappoint, but the end is not nigh
Efforts to undermine the IPCC, climate science & elevate the prospects of a near-term apocalypse have borne fruit, at least w/ this group
Climate change is real, serious & vigorous policy action makes sense
I am sorry to disappoint, but the end is not nigh
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