When the term climate "denier" came to be, it would have been better named climate "delayer." Because their purpose was to delay action that might hurt corporate profit. So it should have been expected that as they lost one argument they would morph into something slightly different. They sound like a boy caught with his hand in the cookie jar, making up lies. Here are their stages.
Decoupling means separating carbon emissions from economics so growth can continue while emissions go down.
Now we will be delayed another 10 years while we expose this canard.
- there is no global warming
- ok, there is, but it's not man-made
- ok, there is, and it's man-made, but it's not a problem
- ok, it's a problem, but we can decouple!
Decoupling means separating carbon emissions from economics so growth can continue while emissions go down.
Now we will be delayed another 10 years while we expose this canard.
