Should we feel sorry for the Australians?

[MOBIUS]

Basically a nation of climate change deniers being burned by... climate change...

Discuss.

Australia bushfires: towns devastated and lives lost as blazes turn the sky red

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/dec/31/australia-bushfires-towns-devastated-and-lives-lost-as-blazes-turn-the-sky-red?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

[Lorizael]

oh look mobius asking for permission to be ****ty to an entire nation of people

[pchang]

Plus, overstating the nation of climate change deniers bit.

[BlackCat]

Uhmn, the english (automatically including the welsh) have burnt far more coal than the aussies so there are way more reason to pity them instead of european sheepbangers

[giblets]

Only if they vote for Greens or Labor, otherwise we should laugh at them.

[Dauphin]

Uhmn, the english (automatically including the welsh) have burnt far more coal than the aussies so there are way more reason to pity them instead of european sheepbangers

Sidebar, just for interest:

Australia's coal consumption has exceeded the UK's since at least the mid-90s. Currently they consume 6x that of the UK (absolute, not per capita) and growing.

On the measure of production - Australia is a huge exporter. They currently mine 300x the amount the UK does, and are on par with the US.

[Bereta_Eder]

there's almsot no incenstive to even acknowledge australia exists let alone find out if it's burning

as to wether it is right that is is burning
of course
it is probably an aboriginal curse (a curse with a cold that itsn't original)

[Egbert]

Basically a nation of climate change deniers being burned by... climate change...

Discuss.

Australia bushfires: towns devastated and lives lost as blazes turn the sky red

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...y_to_clipboard

I am sorry that our sheep were not friendly to you.

[dannubis]

Basically a nation of climate change deniers being burned by... climate change...

Discuss.

Australia bushfires: towns devastated and lives lost as blazes turn the sky red

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...y_to_clipboard

The more I think about it, the more I am starting to believe that the biggest obstacles to an effective climate policy are no longer the climate "sceptics" who deny that there is a problem in the first place, but the activists who can only accept the half-baked "solutions" that fit their preconceived ideology.

[giblets]

Wow that's a pretty stupid take.

[dannubis]

And since you are the authority on stupid...

[Dauphin]

The more I think about it, the more I am starting to believe that the biggest obstacles to an effective climate policy are no longer the climate "sceptics" who deny that there is a problem in the first place, but the activists who can only accept the half-baked "solutions" that fit their preconceived ideology.

I would tend to agree that a lot of the solutions are not well thought through, and that activists are more interested in being "right" than being "effective". They need a catchy phrase like "Take back climate control" or "Make the climate great again!" to get the masses on board.

[Lorizael]

BUILD THE SUNSHADE

LOCK CO2 UP

[Broken_Erika]

None like it hot!

[The Mad Monk]

BUILD THE SUNSHADE

LOCK CO2 UP

THORIUM NUKES