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iandhr

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Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:51 AM Jul 2014

SCIENTISTS CONSIDER NEW NAMES FOR CLIMATE CHANGE [View all]

NEW HAVEN After a report from the Yale Center on Climate Change Communication showed that the term “climate change” elicits relatively little concern from the American public, leading scientists are recommending replacing it with a new term: “You will be burnt to a crisp and die.”

Other terms under consideration by the scientists include “your cities will be ravaged by tsunamis and floods” and “earth will be a fiery hellhole incapable of supporting human life.”

Scientists were generally supportive of the suggestions, with many favoring the term “your future will involve rowing a boat down a river of rotting corpses.”

“Any of these terms would do a better job conveying the urgency of the problem,” Tracy Klugian, a spokesperson for the newly renamed Yale Center for Oh My God Wake Up You Assholes, said.


http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/05/scientists-consider-new-names-for-climate-change.html

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Borowitz rec!... SidDithers Jul 2014 #1
It is difficult to explain climate change to people when you can't really feel it or see it yeoman6987 Jul 2014 #7
He is right about the Yellowstone part ... saw it on History Channel ... brett_jv Jul 2014 #17
Climate disruption? Climate catastrophe? Crispy Climate? Can not easily fix media deflection. Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #2
I Like Disruption ProfessorGAC Jul 2014 #5
I like climate disruption also, accurate, and not panicky but clear enough. Chaos is good, but Fred Sanders Jul 2014 #6
A Defense Spending Angle? THE SOLAR BOMB! DirkGently Jul 2014 #23
The unfortunate truth is that Skidmore Jul 2014 #3
"Earth will turn into an apocalyptic wasteland and politicians and rich people will be blamed." DetlefK Jul 2014 #4
Death by climate. NV Whino Jul 2014 #8
Baked Alaska. nt Snotcicles Jul 2014 #9
Baked Alaska. Climate deniers just deserts. nt Snotcicles Jul 2014 #10
I love good satire Gothmog Jul 2014 #11
"Oil Consumption Inhibiting De-population Effect Syndrome?" DirkGently Jul 2014 #12
Forget the name, we need to put conservative xenophobia to use. Amimnoch Jul 2014 #13
^^^This^^^ PADemD Jul 2014 #14
Ah, but now they have "fracking." DirkGently Jul 2014 #15
Not sure if you meant something else, but the USA is by no means a 'net exporter' of Oil ... brett_jv Jul 2014 #19
Yes, we are a "net exporter" of oil. DirkGently Jul 2014 #22
I recommend the following names and slogan: Moostache Jul 2014 #16
K&R NealK Jul 2014 #18
This malaise Jul 2014 #20
Flyover Country becomes Damnation Alley. FSogol Jul 2014 #21
"Learn to swim." WilliamPitt Jul 2014 #24
Extinction Lite nt LiberalEsto Jul 2014 #25
Excellent post. K&R Louisiana1976 Jul 2014 #26
Real Estate Agents in Florida might need to chew on this. Quantess Jul 2014 #27
How about a little intellectual honesty ? it would go farther than more scare tactics. NM_Birder Jul 2014 #28
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