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silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Should we name heatwaves as we do other extreme weather events?

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Should we name heatwaves as we do other extreme weather events?

www.theguardian.com

silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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As global heating makes sweltering temperatures more common, raising awareness is crucial – but climate scientists don’t necessarily agree on how and when it should be done
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  • Grammaton Cleric@lemmy.world
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    We should name them after car manufacturers.

    • PaleRider@feddit.uk
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      Oil companies.

      • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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        I’d be perfectly fine with coal companies too, but they’re mostly not household names

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          They can be lol

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            Exactly!

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          “This heat wave is sponsored by Aramco”

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        Container Ships

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    Yes. Name them after the corporations and politicians most responsible for global heating!

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      And their CEOs too

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        That would probably be a better option, it would make it possible to sneak a couple names in before anyone notices.

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      OMG THIS!

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    We’ll run out of names pretty quick

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      There are a lot of executives at oil companies.

    • silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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      Hurricane names are periodically reused. These can be too.

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    Please no, I’m already annoyed by this damn fad of naming the ‘phenomenon of the week’. I can’t really point my finger on why (so it’s probably irrational) but it has always irked me.

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      To me, it infantilises a potentially devastating phenomena

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    ‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants

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    We’ll run out of names soon.

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    Chevrona

    https://mastodonapp.uk/@CheRosach/110932694391268915

    https://imgur.com/a/1vMSrgD

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