• MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca
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      21 days ago

      Scientist: things are bad!

      People: okay, what do we have to do?

      S: slightly change your life.

      P: oooh, that’s going to be a no from me, dawg. Best I can do is use more fossil fuels.

      S: screams in science.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    Scientist: “We’re all doomed unless we engage in a political project to change industrial policies”

    Politician: “We won’t change industrial policy”

    Industrialist: “We won’t change industrial policy”

    Media: “Actually, I’m being paid to tell you the scientist is full of shit”

    Fossil Fuel Employee: “The Bank says if I lose my job I’ll be homeless”

    Global South Countries: “We’re building enormous amounts of green power, mass transit, and cutting edge nuclear naval shipping”

    Everyone Else: “Aaaah! Boo! We hate it!”

  • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.world
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    22 days ago

    So much pain over what is basically creating sides and then committing crimes bad enough on their account to retroactively justify them.

  • Kowowow@lemmy.ca
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    22 days ago

    I feel there’s no reason god won’t let us sodom and gamorrah ourselves, it’s not like we haven’t been warned about what we are doing

    Side not my phone wanted to auto complete it to sodom and Gambino

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    20 days ago

    Even nonreligious, science-inclined family I have says, basically, “Geoengineering will fix it, so best to maximize economic output now.”

    I believe this came from an WSJ opinion column.