Posted on 01/17/2023 10:40:01 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
… To inspire people, we need to tell a story not of sacrifice and deprivation but of opportunity and improvement in our lives, our health and our well-being—a story of humans flourishing in a post-fossil-fuel age.
The language we use for climate solutions can exacerbate the cultural divide. Terms such as “regulate,” “restrict,” “cut,” “control” and “tax” are unpopular, especially among conservatives. Perhaps people would be more likely to support solutions described with words such as “innovation,” “entrepreneurship,” “ingenuity,” “market-based” and “competing in the global clean energy race.” The fact that the first significant U.S. climate policy is called the Inflation Reduction Act is another example of how word choice matters. The name itself helped to gain the crucial support of Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the swing vote. The name may also have made the legislation more appealing to the many Americans who worry about climate change but rank it below inflation and the economy on their list of priorities.
Word choice is part of the broader set of communication challenges we must face to build the political will needed to swiftly address the climate crisis. We can group the challenges into disinformation, misconceptions and the pigeonholing of climate change as an environmental issue.
Addressing climate communication challenges could help us build enough political will in time to blunt the worst climate change effects. People must grasp the urgency of the choice we face between a future with a little more warming and global catastrophe. And they need to recognize that the choices we make now will determine our fate.
(Excerpt) Read more at scientificamerican.com ...
This article sounds like a college sophomore trying to explain Propaganda 101.
They should at least give credit to Adolph or Stalin—masters of the craft.
American Thinker, January 15: VIDEO: Brilliant takedown of both wokeness and climate change madness
At work I always respond with “You first.” Then proceed to point out all the ways they are not following their own advice. They usually leave but never see their own hypocrisy. At least they stop talking to me for a while.
The right words, ya say to solving climate change, huh???
There is only one word: SCAM!!!!
Please note, she's a climate change communicator, analyst and author, no mention of a degree in climatology.
Mastery of calculus, physics, chemistry, metallurgy, thermodynamics and heat transfer allowed us to use oil, gas and coal which elevated the world standard of living and life expectancy to heights never seen before in the history of man. It’s as simple as that.
“..Mastery of calculus, physics, chemistry, metallurgy, thermodynamics and heat transfer allowed us to use oil, gas and coal which elevated the world standard of living and life expectancy to heights never seen before in the history of man. It’s as simple as that....”
^THIS^
All done and brought forth by nasty old white men (racists?) so therefore, everything they did has to be evil and/or a lie.
Ya gotta just love the insanity of the liberal mind... They’re a real piece of work.
In other words, “we’re going to gaslight you, so stop getting upset about our lies and suport our lies; or else!”
It doesn’t matter what words they use. First, they need to stop lying.
Newspeak is here. The purpose of which is to restrict/refine our vocabulary to minimize the possibility of Thought-Crimes.
An excellent in depth interview with Jordan Peterson and Richard Lindzen. One of the world’s most esteemed climate scientists tells us why climate change is a scam.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LVSrTZDopM&t=4s
The right words:
Bull
Sh!t
Fixed it.
All of those who want Zer0 Carbon emissions can just stop exhaling.
I exhale for the benefit to the flora of da Erf.
The Earth and I will survive and thrive without them.
you first...
They’re looking for the right shade of lip stick to put on a pig.
“… To inspire people, we need to tell a story not of sacrifice and deprivation but of opportunity and improvement in our lives, our health and our well-being—a story of humans flourishing in a post-fossil-fuel age.”
Hysterical. They’ve noticed that deprivation isn’t popular so they are ready to try to convince us deprivation is actually “improvement”.
“innovation,” “entrepreneurship,” “ingenuity,” “market-based” and “competing “
AKA communist central planning which has killed more people than any other political philosophy in history.
Scientific American used to be a respectable publication. All things must pass.
At some point we will have to kill these crazy people.
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