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[–] GladiusB 2 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I wonder if that is used intentionally? Like they would have a reason to make a narrative of denial?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

It’s because the “fact” the the fossil fuel industry coined the term climate change is false.

This is the preferred term by scientists, and it has been since before “global warming” became a term.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Calling it climate change implies it is of natural change. It belittles the criticality of the human induced influence. The fossil fuel industry knows exactly why they are calling it climate change and not climate crisis. Global warming is also, as much as climate change, scientifically correct, but let's be honest. Since when does the industry care about scientifical facts? They use that in ill faith.

[–] Techmaster 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's called climate change because it's more than global warming. A lot of things are changing, and they're all bad. To just say global warming would be ignoring all of the other problems.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I agree. Global warming is one aspect of many of our current climate crisis. And it will become worse when politics won't restrict the reign of fossil fuel industries.

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