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[-] neanderthal@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago
[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 16 points 1 year ago

The issue isn't so much the initial name, but that the cause be attributed to fossil fuels, which are responsible for the bulk of it.

[-] Cruxifux@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Remember when they told us all that it was actually cow farts causing climate change? Lol

[-] silence7@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 year ago

Methane from cattle belching is part of it...but it's a smaller part than fossil fuels

[-] Nudding@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Personally, I think it's too late to pull the brakes, the oil companies control the world now, and we might as well just call it the climate apocalypse.

I thought climate crisis became anyway the official term after climate change had no effects ala business as ususal.

[-] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Climate catastrophy has also a nice ring to it.

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