A great discussion has just formed over at the excellent diary, Stand Up, which concludes,
It will not be enough at this point to call for decreased use of gasoline, if that call does not come without serious action. It will not be enough to call for decrease in CO2, if that doesn't mean mandatory (and ever tightening) limits. It will not be enough to call for new sources of energy, if the first call isn't to simply using less energy through conservation.
Mention switchgrass and coal to liquids and ethanol all you want. Talk up research. Sing the praises of hydrogen. We're past that. Stand up, or get out of the way.
So in an effort to better equip ourselves, and those of us who have some time in the media spotlight to draw attention to necessary action against climate change, I am going to keep this diary updated on the best memes and talking points to use in the fight against ignorance.
Add your comments and ideas below the fold.
I credit sholom for giving me the idea for this diary in his comment here.
I'm still a newbie at posting diaries here, so please be patient with this as it evolves. If you have any tips or hints on how to better organize this, (in addition to ideas and talking points you have), please let me know in the comments below.
- Climate change is worse than terrorism.
- We are our own suicide bomber.
- Society can't sustain the strain.
- Global Warming could kill more than a million terrorists ever could.
- Terrorists could hijack planes into Florida but global warming could put Florida under water.
- Terrorists could blow up the Golden Gate Bridge but only global warming could flood half of California.
- Gas Consumption funds terrorism.
- Meaningful global action on Global Warming will be very, very difficult if the US attacks Iran.
- Oil as political currency.
- Energy independence equals sovereignty.
- The EU heat wave killed 30,000 people. That's 10 times worse than 9-11.
- We need a War on Oil not Terrorism.
- Time us running out.
- Climate change is a ticking time bomb.
- We may have to wait for America's "Argentina moment" before effective action on global warming happens.
- Islands are already disappearing.
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I won't bother adding credit for the memes and talking points, as it would be a difficult task to track down who was the first person to post a concept, on here or any other website. This diary is meant to be a growing repository of tools and weapons we can use to fight with in the mainstream media and in the blogosphere.
With that, what do you think should be added?
M.
ps: Please do check out my previous diary, Debunking climate change and national security myths, where there is a really interesting poll on national security versus climate change.