Delayism, deflection and doomerism are some of the tactics that have replaced outright denial of climate change, says high-profile climate scientist Michael Mann. Carbon polluters delay action — either by suggesting that there’s still time or that the planet is already past the point of no return — or try to place responsibility on the individual, Mann explains. “Ironically, that framing helps the fossil fuel industry even more because it plays to this notion on the right that climate action is about controlling people’s lifestyles.”
>So there are other D-words. There’s delay. There’s division. Get climate advocates fighting with each other about, like, whether they’re vegans or not or whether they drive a car or not. Get climate advocates fighting with each other so you divide and conquer the movement. That’s division. Delay: “Oh, look, we can fix the problem with geoengineering, with carbon capture down the road. Trust us, we’ll be able to fix it.” So “let us continue to burn fossil fuels now. We will fix it later.” Delay. And that’s what they want. They want people disengaged on the sidelines rather than on the front lines. We see these tactics literally playing out today.
That's the money quote we all need to read. It applies not only to climate, but also politics and business. Interesting times have fully consumed simpler times. Vote with both your ballot and your wallet, and be ready for a D-word assault to cut into those decisions if you do so publicly.
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 49.6 ms ] threadDelayism, deflection and doomerism are some of the tactics that have replaced outright denial of climate change, says high-profile climate scientist Michael Mann. Carbon polluters delay action — either by suggesting that there’s still time or that the planet is already past the point of no return — or try to place responsibility on the individual, Mann explains. “Ironically, that framing helps the fossil fuel industry even more because it plays to this notion on the right that climate action is about controlling people’s lifestyles.”
That's the money quote we all need to read. It applies not only to climate, but also politics and business. Interesting times have fully consumed simpler times. Vote with both your ballot and your wallet, and be ready for a D-word assault to cut into those decisions if you do so publicly.