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Climate Change Protests vs Rising Temperatures: What's Your Take? (self.science)

submitted 1 year ago by vosyx to c/science

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Hey, c/science! Let's kick off with your take on two recent but linked events. Over the past few days, the Earth has experienced its hottest ever recorded temperatures, breaking records from at least 1979 and possibly longer. At the same time, climate change protestors from Just Stop Oil have been interrupting the Ashes and now Wimbledon.

The question is: do they have a point? It's an interesting juxtaposition to me that news reports highlighting the rising temperatures this week appeared, almost without irony, alongside vox pops from people expressing how unfair it is to ruin a good day out.

What do you think about this situation? Do the climate change protestors have a valid point? Does the government need to take even more drastic steps to address climate change, or do you feel it's unfair or disproportionate to disrupt events like Wimbledon?

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[–] wren 6 points 1 year ago

Which one is more important: Wimbledon or mitigating climate change? (If the answer isn't obvious, I'm a bit concerned!)

[–] GreatAlbatross 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, honestly, the protesters do have a point.

The government isn't doing enough, and climate change is going to ruin a lot more days out in the rest of the century.

The point of protesting is to raise awareness, and make the government do more.
The same sort of quotes will have happened when the suffragettes invaded the pitch at lords. Hell, the main reason the govt started moving on women's suffrage was because they didn't want to have to deal with suffragettes following the first world war.