Why Environmentalists Pose a Bigger Obstacle to Effective Climate Policy than Denialists

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I thought this movie was crap when I saw it. Too damn obvious. Too crude. Too propagandistic. Some people love it and it’s got Oscar props. But it’s really preaching to the choir. No one not on side is going to be persuaded by this crude bombast. If you want to persuade you have to make a better argument than simply hitting folks upside the head.

I thought Leo Di Caprio could do better; he’s executive producer, after all.  If he really cares about climate change, how about something new and edgy? A push for nuclear, Leo. Now that would be brave. 

It’s not being “brave” to put up the same ol’ same ol’. We get it. Climate change is Bad. Denying it is Bad. But who really denies it these days? Only a few nutters and they’re not going to be persuaded by any science.

Zion Lights who co-founded Extinction Rebellion, left the outfit a year ago, because she was sick of them doing “nothing but moaning”. She’s now a pro nuclear activist, as that’s doing something practical and useful. 

What about some real solution? Like Nuclear. New Clear. No need to Look up, Leo. Look inside. Yourself. And take a brave, practical, useful stance. The counter to “China Syndrome”. 

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