Is the climate annoying? Instead – Watt?

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Robert Bradley Jr.

“…Speak with your friends and family [about climate change] …is a great place to start. You may be annoying. But you will help. ” – Sammy Roth [1]

Sammy Roth, climate columnist Los Angeles Timesmay require intervention from relatives. He wants us all to be like him Annoying Talk about climate change. I suspect many people will bring him to it and his next family may be in balance.

Ross said in the boiling point: Should we fight against climate change? Then talk about climate change (February 25, 2025):

When people ask me what I can do to support climate progress, the advice I give time and time is to annoy their friends and family by constantly talking about climate change.

Here’s the thing: Most Americans know that global warming is real, dangerous, and caused by humans. Even so, it is not a threat to give priority to most people in their daily lives.

Polls, polls. Ask the right questions to get the desired results. Ross continues:

For proof, see the latest version of Climate Change in American Thought, two polls by George Mason and Yale University. The researchers spoke with 1,013 adults and released the results this month. They found that 73% of Americans believe global warming is happening. 60% know this is mainly artificial.

It is also inspiring: Nearly two-thirds of Americans are concerned about the consequences of climate change. Polls found that 61% to 77% believed that global warming was affecting issues such as power outages, water pollution, reduced snow, air pollution, hurricanes, droughts, fires and extreme heat. All with science tracking.

Then, Ross grabbed the stat:

Despite these concerns, 62% of Americans say they rarely discuss global warming with friends or family. Only 27% say they have heard of it on social media at least once a month. Even occasionally, even one-third of consumers make purchase decisions based on the steps the company takes to reduce pollution.

He attributed this passive blame to numerous failures that struck the wind and solar industry:

No wonder tech giants Microsoft and Meta are pulling out of their renewable energy targets and are eager to build gas plants to power artificial intelligence. If President Trump likes fossil fuels and consumers don’t care, what’s the harm? The same is true for fossil fuel giant BP, which plans to abolish its renewable energy targets.

Ross then mixed CO2 emissions with pollution, the latter being the standard for air pollutants, all of which are lowered with fossil fuels and are now the environmental product when burning.

No wonder the United States has made such slow political progress in addressing oil and gas pollution. The poll found that although voters know that the climate crisis is real and dangerous, their priority list is relatively low.

The big consensus is disbanding. But Ross wants to turn all of this into pests.

There is no easy way to make more people prioritize climate. Especially when traditional media has no trust than ever before. Especially when Trump and Elon Musk are frantically working to tear down the federal government and undermine American democracy. It's hard to pay attention to anything now.

But chat with your friends and family? This is a great place to start. Remind them that climate is still important. Send them articles and videos. It is not the place where any of us want to live even if democracy hangs in balance, the planet is raging with increasingly severe heat waves, fires and storms.

He almost ended in a way that he refuted himself:

You may be annoying. But you will help.

Comment:

Climate shockism is ancient, old and a dot. If Sammy Roth had a family member or friend, they linked him directly to economic and environmental cases be opposed to Climate exaggeration and forced energy conversion? Is his mind open? In California, he easily gets confirmation bias, but even the state can become real and get free market green.

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[1] Mr. Ross has always been Los Angeles Times Since 2018. His creatures said:

• Covering the business and politics of energy transition in a climate environment; key storylines include the environmental consequences of the gas industry’s opposition to electrification, rooftop solar panels and large solar farms, and renewable energy
• Write boiling point, climate and environmental newsletter twice a week
• Launched Repower the West, an ongoing series that explores how California’s demand for renewable energy affects rural towns and sensitive landscapes
• Appears regularly on TV and radio, as well as moderate climate and energy panels
• Become era' The first ever climate columnist in September 2023

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