Greta Thunberg person of the year.

[Quintessence]

I was pleased to learn this today. I wish it had more meaning than it does.

Meanwhile, humans continue to overpopulate the planet - which is the root cause of our sixth mass extinction crisis, global scale ecocide, and of course climate change - as we grant vacuous awards.

 

[Guitar's Cry]

I'd wager she has handlers. The whole thing is silly, anyway; if people aren't listening to scientists, why would they listen to some sassy brat?

They listen to Alex Jones.

 

[Revoltingest]

Great job Greta!

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Oh, well....she's more deserving of this honor than Obama was for his Nobel Peace Prize.
Congrats, Greta!

 

[Notanumber]

Climate change should not be political, it effects us all.

Talk about jumping on the political bandwagon.

BBC Fact check Corbyn claim: Labour would have to plant 200 trees a minute to reach pledge

JEREMY CORBYN launched astonishing pledge on Wednesday when he announced his party would plant two billion trees by 2040 - the equivalent of 200 trees a minute, according to the BBC.

BBC Fact check Corbyn claim: Labour would have to plant 200 trees a minute to reach pledge

Following the announcement of the proposal, however, BBC journalist Chris Mason broke down the mathematics of Labour’s ambitious plan.

In a tweet, he stated: “Labour wants to plant 2 billion trees by 2040.

“That is, roughly, 100 million/yr Or 8.3 million a month.

“2 million a week, 300,000 a day, 2,400 an hour, every hr, 24hrs/day, 200 a minute #GE2019.”

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Could be.

Yes, could be.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Or maybe not?

I don't personally have any dislike for Greta, ...

I don't believe that for an instant.

 

[idav]

Great job Greta!

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No need for conspiracy theories when it's obvious that Greta is a time traveler!!!

 

[Father Heathen]

Great job Greta!

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Really? Pulling 'Godwin' on this? How desperate and pitiful.

 

[Father Heathen]

Climate change should not be political, it effects us all.

Exactly, but this feels like a stunt to me; one that'll obviously not
sway the scientifically illiterate and willfully ignorant.

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

Exactly, but this feels like a stunt to me; one that'll obviously not
sway the scientifically illiterate and willfully ignorant.

When was getting into politics not a stunt?

 

[Father Heathen]

much of it negative

Dumpster fires don't really have many positive attributes.

 

[Shaul]

I don't follow this logic 100%, as at 16 I was more capable and less indoctrinated than I am now.

So you are confessing that you are indoctrinated now?

 

[PoetPhilosopher]

So you are confessing that you are indoctrinated now?

I'm confessing that I somewhat am. Hard not to be in this age of Russian bots, etc.

 

[Shaul]

Personally, I’m shocked. I didn’t think Time magazine was still around.

I assumed that propaganda tabloid had gone bankrupt. Is it relevant at all anymore? Still the same organ that thought both the Personal Computer (an inanimate object) could be “Machine of the Year” and Adolf Hitler was once “Man of the Year”, could certainly name some zero gravitas adolescent Person of the Year.

 

[Father Heathen]

Talk about jumping on the political bandwagon.

BBC Fact check Corbyn claim: Labour would have to plant 200 trees a minute to reach pledge

JEREMY CORBYN launched astonishing pledge on Wednesday when he announced his party would plant two billion trees by 2040 - the equivalent of 200 trees a minute, according to the BBC.

BBC Fact check Corbyn claim: Labour would have to plant 200 trees a minute to reach pledge

Following the announcement of the proposal, however, BBC journalist Chris Mason broke down the mathematics of Labour’s ambitious plan.

In a tweet, he stated: “Labour wants to plant 2 billion trees by 2040.

“That is, roughly, 100 million/yr Or 8.3 million a month.

“2 million a week, 300,000 a day, 2,400 an hour, every hr, 24hrs/day, 200 a minute #GE2019.”

When it comes to science, listen to scientists, not politicians or lobbyists. As a denier you're a pot calling the kettle black.

 

[Notanumber]

When it comes to science, listen to scientists, not politicians or lobbyists. As a denier you're a pot calling the kettle black.

I listen to the scientists that make the most sense unlike politicians that listen to those that can be useful to further their political careers.

 

[Father Heathen]

I listen to the scientists that make the most sense unlike politicians that listen to those that can be useful to further their political careers.

Like the conservative politicians in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry?
Also it's silly to assume that science must be incorrect when it goes beyond your grasp.

 

[Notanumber]

Like the conservative politicians in the pockets of the fossil fuel industry?
Also it's silly to assume that science must be incorrect when it goes beyond your grasp.

Unbiased scientists are worth listening to if you grasp my meaning.

 

[Father Heathen]

Unbiased scientists are worth listening to if you grasp my meaning.

Those denying climate change have reason to be biased (regulations that reduce pollution also reduce profits), but what would the overwhelming majority of scientists have to gain by making it up? Think logically, kid.

 

[Father Heathen]

When was getting into politics not a stunt?

A movement shouldn't find it necessary to handpick and coach a mascot in an attempt to appeal to emotion. It might please the choir but I doubt the actual effectiveness of persuasion.