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Climate change is a hoax

a year ago by zedgeist to c/science_memes

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hitstun 118 points a year ago

This is Joel Pett's cartoon for the USA Today on December 13, 2009. It's the highlight of his career, and yet still it hasn't reached the people who need to see it most.

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zedgeist 23 points a year ago

Thanks for adding context

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msprout 91 points a year ago

I think about this comic probably once a week at this point. I don't know if anyone will ever be able to boil the problem down any further than what's here — "but what if we make a better world for nothing?"

Unfortunately I have tried to show this to people, or use the line that illustrates it, and the gist of the general response is "my comfort comes before our safety."

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OhStopYellingAtMe 70 points a year ago

Yeah this comic is perfectly accurate, plus the one with the man in the business suit, talking to some children around a campfire in a post-apocalyptic setting, saying “yes the world was destroyed, but for a beautiful moment in time we made a lot of value for it shareholders.”

EDIT - this one:

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WanderingThoughts 25 points a year ago

my comfort comes before our safety.

Then the billionaire says the same and crushes their lives.

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PineRune 24 points a year ago

"But it's not profitable." -people who wouldn't profit off it anyway, on any issue about socialism.

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Spacehooks 5 points a year ago

"Comfort means nothing without safety. "

Or maybe

"you won't stay comfortable long that way."

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Nurse_Robot 43 points a year ago

Very old, still relevant. (Actually, more relevant)

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Mycatiskai 30 points a year ago

We wouldn't want to make the world better, there isn't anything in it for the shareholders.

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whostosay 12 points a year ago

The shittiest part of this is that they have the most to gain, they're just too godamn stupid to realize it.

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magic_lobster_party 12 points a year ago

They only care about short term growth. They don’t care about if the growth is unsustainable in the long term.

This year’s numbers must be better than last year’s numbers.

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SaharaMaleikuhm 3 points a year ago

We would be so much better off without capitalism and religion.

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whostosay 3 points a year ago

For sure, we could all be so much more than this though.

It's a godamn shame.

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mgnome 6 points a year ago

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whostosay 6 points a year ago

Why would you even type this? What does it have to do with the next quarters earnings?

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BurgerBaron 1 point a year ago

Self described most intelligent species.

Maybe the rare few who actually drag this suicidal group-think and cowed species kicking and screaming into the future very seldomly. Yet the masses will take credit for their efforts the same way a billionaire takes credit for what the workers do simply because they own the fruits of their labor.

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ZILtoid1991 9 points a year ago

"What if we get rid of cars with a really sick revving sound?"

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reallykindasorta 2 points a year ago

We could probably recreate the sound without burning gas, the newer electric cars sound like alien ships which is definitely a different vibe

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18107 7 points a year ago

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GuyDudeman 7 points a year ago

My favorite political cartoon of all time!

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theywilleatthestars 2 points a year ago

Many such cases

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voytrekk 1 point a year ago

This has always been my point for climate deniers/skeptics. Making these changes will have noticeable effects outside of just reducing green house gases. Cleaner air and energy independence are concrete benefits that cannot be denied.

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