CanadaPlus comments on So what are the climate change denialists in your life saying right now?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 32 points 3 years ago* (7 children)

They complain about how weird and unprecedented the weather has been the last few years, but if I so much as mention the word "climate" an awkward silence descends. I also had a guy hint at some weird conspiracy theory about the sun recently.

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca [S] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Say weather change and see if that gets the ball rolling.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 years ago

I think I might have at some point, actually. It seems any suggestion that it's not a few years of weird coincidences shakes people.

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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Right? Climate is the average of weather, usually over 30 years. So if the weather is substantially different for a few years in a row it starts impacting climate.

This is simple arithmetic.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago

Exactly. And I figure a lot of those people think that they're the same thing, or would have, anyway.

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[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

The sun is expanding into a Red Giant and that's why it's getting hotter, obviously /s

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago

I kind of wish they had more than teased whatever they were thinking. I actually know a thing or two about the solar cycle and the current going-ons with the sun.

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[–] SnowBunting@lemmy.ml 1 point 3 years ago

I think I'll be more concerned about the sun expanding into a red giant

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