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Bill McKibben’s Latest Nonsense: Consumers Are The Climate Change Problem, Not Corporations
Bill McKibben (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I will admit that I often find myself, when considering Bill McKibben, in the position of that small child upon first seeing Randolph Churchill. Wanting to ask someone, well, “What’s that man for?” So by no means should you take this as being an unbiased comment. But his latest idea is that because the fossil fuel companies cause climate change, and as storms like Sandy are made worse by climate change, then we should start calling the storms after the companies not people:
As gutsy New Yorkers begin the task of drying out the city, here’s one thought that occurred to me last night watching the horrifying pictures from a distance. It’s obviously not crucial right now – but in the long run it might make a difference. Why don’t we stop naming these storms for people, and start naming them after oil companies?
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2012-11-06 12:40:38
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