• vext01@lemmy.sdf.orgOPM
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    1 year ago

    That means nothing to these people.

    Also somehow the word “pollutant” sets of my “probably BS” alarm, along with “toxins”.

    • Violet_McQuasional
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      1 year ago

      Anyone using “mainstream media” and “narrative” (to try and sound clever) works wonders for me. 😏

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      1 year ago

      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: