![]() ![]() I’ve heard all of those Climate Things, too. ![]() For some people it’s Al Gore, or solar power, or consumerism, or population, or ‘I heard that we’re basically no matter what,’ which I’ve heard more times than I can count.” For some people it’s about models, how there was no warming when the models said there would be. Just as often, it’s a kind of distortion, a lens that magnifies one aspect of the issue at the expense of all others. “A Climate Thing is not always wrong, though it frequently is. ![]() They build on it and it becomes their Climate Thing.” It’s the thing they latched onto, the thing they know about climate, like the proverbial blind people surrounding the elephant. ![]() “Lots of people have a Climate Thing, that one tidbit of info or argument that they read somewhere, or heard somewhere, the thing that somehow resonated with their own concerns and beliefs. The enormity of the climate crisis can be overwhelming, to the point where it can be easier for many people to engage with the issue through what the journalist David Roberts once deemed their “Climate Thing.” As Roberts wrote for Grist in 2015: But as I suggested last year, tying climate action to a restructuring of the capitalist system definitely lowers the odds of success on climate. If you’re not satisfied by strategies for phasing out fossil fuels that involve perpetuating U.S.-style capitalism, with all its inequities, that’s your prerogative. Beyond criticism of the research and numbers I cited, I heard from many people unhappy with the general framing of my recent coverage - including my in-depth story from earlier last week, about the need for sprawling solar farms in the desert.Īmong the questions from readers: Why was I so focused on sprawling solar farms, when I could be writing about nuclear power or energy efficiency or some other climate solution? Why was I pitting rooftop and large-scale solar against each other, instead of reporting on the scourge of polluting gas plants? And for readers who love the desert, why couldn’t I see that giant solar projects are just another environmentally destructive tool for deep-pocketed companies to make even more money?įirst: Yes, large-scale solar development can be profitable for corporations. ![]()
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