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uspol, ecopol, dooooooom, snark 

Every time a real scientist has to barge into a thread and debunk an alarmist, a blue whale waiting for real ecological progress dies of sheer frustration.

If you're seeing articles that tell you all our plankton are dying off and they provide 70% of our breathable oxygen and we're all hyperdoomed? I'd say ignore it. I'm seeing some pretty convincing counterarguments.

reddit.com/r/worldnews/comment (Counter-counter-evidence is, of course, most welcome. I'm still sorting through all this myself.)

Things are genuinely dire enough without turning every little climate factoid into a folk devil of imminent human extinction. Despair is comforting, but it's not a very good strategy for meaningful action.

re: uspol, ecopol, dooooooom, snark 

@zebratron2084 the phrase "folk devil of imminent human extinction" is amazing and I am stealing it.

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