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@silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 2 years ago

Should we name heatwaves as we do other extreme weather events?

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Should we name heatwaves as we do other extreme weather events?

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@silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish • 2 years ago
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  • Grammaton Cleric
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    We should name them after car manufacturers.

    • PaleRider
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      25•2 years ago

      Oil companies.

      • @silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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        15•2 years ago

        I’d be perfectly fine with coal companies too, but they’re mostly not household names

        • @GreenMario@lemm.ee
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          8•2 years ago

          They can be lol

          • sik0fewl
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            3•2 years ago

            Exactly!

        • qaz
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          2•2 years ago

          “This heat wave is sponsored by Aramco”

      • Jaysyn
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        2•2 years ago

        Container Ships

  • @Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world
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    14•2 years ago

    Yes. Name them after the corporations and politicians most responsible for global heating!

    • Uranium3006
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      9•2 years ago

      And their CEOs too

      • qaz
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        1•2 years ago

        That would probably be a better option, it would make it possible to sneak a couple names in before anyone notices.

    • @DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2•2 years ago

      OMG THIS!

  • @mookulator@mander.xyz
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    13•2 years ago

    We’ll run out of names pretty quick

    • yip-bonk
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      7•2 years ago

      There are a lot of executives at oil companies.

    • @silence7@slrpnk.netOPM
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      5•2 years ago

      Hurricane names are periodically reused. These can be too.

  • Rozaŭtuno
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    12•2 years ago

    Please no, I’m already annoyed by this damn fad of naming the ‘phenomenon of the week’. I can’t really point my finger on why (so it’s probably irrational) but it has always irked me.

    • @christophski@feddit.uk
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      4•2 years ago

      To me, it infantilises a potentially devastating phenomena

  • @cerement@slrpnk.net
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    10•2 years ago

    ‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants

  • @baruchin@lemmy.world
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    3•2 years ago

    We’ll run out of names soon.

  • mr_washee_washee
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    Chevrona

    https://mastodonapp.uk/@CheRosach/110932694391268915

    https://imgur.com/a/1vMSrgD

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