• Wiggles@aussie.zoneOP
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    1 year ago

    Am I being crazy thinking that if Australia was reamed by extreme weather this summer it would be better than not, as all the climate change deniers will use non-extreme weather as a ‘see the climate isn’t warming’ argument. At least if this summer was fucked up, they would then have a more difficult time arguing climate change doesn’t exist, which could be good timing as extreme weather is still dependant on local and global climate patterns, so there will be a return to less extremes once La Nina returns.

    At the same time, more extreme weather is the last thing I want people to have to experience, especially as those who suffer the most from the extreme weather will probably be those least likely to deny climate change.

    In summary, I think I’m being a little crazy sitting here hoping shit burns to the ground to prove a point.

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      1 year ago

      yeah disagree on this tbh. I mean it’s inevitable anyway, but given 2019 didn’t change anything I wouldn’t expect a repeat to do so either

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        I do think 2019 (and flooding after it) helped convince “don’t really care” types to take it seriously. Trying to convince conservatives of much of anything is a losing battle, but you can convince the rest.

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        1 year ago

        Honestly, fair enough. I guess part of me sharing that thought was because I recognised it was pretty drenched in schadenfreude, and was interested to see what people thought.

        The last thing I really want is more disastrous weather to occur. Bring back the 1 every 100 year disasters I say.

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          1 year ago

          sorry I hope I didnt imply it as a value judgement, we all deal with the slow crawl of impending doom in our own ways. Like sticking your head in the sand, as you noted lol.

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          the this-is-fine to elmofire pipeline

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            Oh no, I didn’t think it was meant that way. I just took it as hoping for catastrophic weather in the hope it will convince enough people will probably backfire. To which, you are probably correct.