So what are the climate change denialists in your life saying right now?

BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml – 187 points –

With the month long heat wave.

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Same as 20 years ago — "the fact that they want me to give up my truck and Nestle gets to dump plastic in the ocean proves it's all liberal bullshit."

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Truly the american way. What? Give up a tiny bit of convenience to help other people?? Freedom! Liberty!

The true arrogance of the average American is driving their big pickup and thinking they deserve to destroy the planet.

I mean, it would be nice if Nestle stopped dumping plastic in the ocean. But them doing that is obviously not a reason to do nothing to help.

That's my frustration. So many people in my life are so close to getting it. They see the effect, but they're just dismissive of any cause that would cost them comfort.

So how can climate change be real and the overwhelming majority of emissions be from production and the solution be to cut emissions at the point of consumption where an incredible minority of those emissions are?