Comments on: ADS 4 LADS http://climatedenial.org/2006/11/07/ads-4-lads/ Charting the disconnect between climate science and action Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:48:59 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dave http://climatedenial.org/2006/11/07/ads-4-lads/comment-page-1/#comment-3757 Dave Fri, 16 Mar 2007 23:16:30 +0000 http://climatedenial.org/2006/11/07/ads-4-lads/#comment-3757 POLITICS MONEY==GREED POLITICS MONEY==GREED

]]> By: Matt http://climatedenial.org/2006/11/07/ads-4-lads/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Matt Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:07:33 +0000 http://climatedenial.org/2006/11/07/ads-4-lads/#comment-180 PCA's (Personal Carbon Allowances) would deal with these people. I have something on this over at our team-blog if you're interested. You can even sign a petition at No.10. You may also like to vote in our poll; The question runs; ‘What do you think is the best way to tackle climate change? Hope you have time to give your views on this very important issue. :) PCA’s (Personal Carbon Allowances) would deal with these people. I have something on this over at our team-blog if you’re interested. You can even sign a petition at No.10. You may also like to vote in our poll;

The question runs; ‘What do you think is the best way to tackle climate change?

Hope you have time to give your views on this very important issue.

:)

]]> By: Stephen O'Kane http://climatedenial.org/2006/11/07/ads-4-lads/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Stephen O'Kane Sun, 19 Nov 2006 11:20:04 +0000 http://climatedenial.org/2006/11/07/ads-4-lads/#comment-142 In one sense I'm surprised there isn't more of this, and in Britain where cycnicism and distrust - or defiance - of authority is endemic and not only amongst males. (just think about Asbos for example). But maybe we can enlist this defiance in favour of action to curb climate change (stopping it altogether is not practicable), bearing in mind that this requires massive change in itself and that climate change deniers are an orthodoxy of their own. Quick digression: what do we know about Piers Corbyn who has been popping up recently with letters in the Guardian claiming that CO2 isn't a big cause of climate change and that ice cores show past climate fluctuations don't fit with fluctuations in CO2 levels? In one sense I’m surprised there isn’t more of this, and in Britain where cycnicism and distrust – or defiance – of authority is endemic and not only amongst males. (just think about Asbos for example). But maybe we can enlist this defiance in favour of action to curb climate change (stopping it altogether is not practicable), bearing in mind that this requires massive change in itself and that climate change deniers are an orthodoxy of their own.
Quick digression: what do we know about Piers Corbyn who has been popping up recently with letters in the Guardian claiming that CO2 isn’t a big cause of climate change and that ice cores show past climate fluctuations don’t fit with fluctuations in CO2 levels?

]]> By: Mark Ritzenhein http://climatedenial.org/2006/11/07/ads-4-lads/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Mark Ritzenhein Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:08:51 +0000 http://climatedenial.org/2006/11/07/ads-4-lads/#comment-126 The UK may be new to such advertising, but glorifying selfishness and making a mantra out of consumerism has been an ironic mainstay of American commercial advertising for some time now. The nose-thumbing at Global Warming is new to me, however. One point I remind myself of is that one cannot persuade or scold people out of their own human nature, and men in particular take male pride in defying the social demand to conform and behave. I'm not surprised by the appearance of these ads (although they wouldn't work in the American market because they are anti-evironmental), and no one should expect that humanity is suddenly going to pull together and save itself. The UK may be new to such advertising, but glorifying selfishness and making a mantra out of consumerism has been an ironic mainstay of American commercial advertising for some time now. The nose-thumbing at Global Warming is new to me, however.
One point I remind myself of is that one cannot persuade or scold people out of their own human nature, and men in particular take male pride in defying the social demand to conform and behave.
I’m not surprised by the appearance of these ads (although they wouldn’t work in the American market because they are anti-evironmental), and no one should expect that humanity is suddenly going to pull together and save itself.

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