I thought this would be an interesting read but to be honest, I stopped at soon as I saw the placard that said “CO² isn’t a pollutant.” Climate change already gives me anxiety, so to see someone dismiss proven science just makes me angry.
I’d say they managed to be vaguely accurate despite their best efforts: co2 is part of normal air and is one of the most harmless “pollutants” we put out, it’s only a problem because the volume is so large and it doesn’t go away, so calling it a pollutant is somewhat borderline, it’s not comparable to cfcs, lead, carbon monoxide, which are more traditional “literally poison” pollutants.
All of which misses the point that whether it’s a pollutant or not it’s still slowly but surely ruining the planet for everyone.
In other words: if they’d rather describe it as a dangerously imbalanced byproduct, that’s perfectly reasonable, but really doesn’t change anything:
I thought this would be an interesting read but to be honest, I stopped at soon as I saw the placard that said “CO² isn’t a pollutant.” Climate change already gives me anxiety, so to see someone dismiss proven science just makes me angry.
That means nothing to these people.
Also somehow the word “pollutant” sets of my “probably BS” alarm, along with “toxins”.
Anyone using “mainstream media” and “narrative” (to try and sound clever) works wonders for me. 😏
I’d say they managed to be vaguely accurate despite their best efforts: co2 is part of normal air and is one of the most harmless “pollutants” we put out, it’s only a problem because the volume is so large and it doesn’t go away, so calling it a pollutant is somewhat borderline, it’s not comparable to cfcs, lead, carbon monoxide, which are more traditional “literally poison” pollutants.
All of which misses the point that whether it’s a pollutant or not it’s still slowly but surely ruining the planet for everyone.
In other words: if they’d rather describe it as a dangerously imbalanced byproduct, that’s perfectly reasonable, but really doesn’t change anything: