[Coral-List] New York Times op-ed piece - thoughts for Phase II
Phil Dustan
dustanp at cofc.edu
Sat Jul 28 08:25:05 EDT 2012
Listers,
At some point we have to address the concept of pluralistic ignorance and
the American People. Why are the American people unwilling / unable to
understand the difference between facts and beliefs?
Phil
On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Gino Sabatini <ginosabatini at yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> The following link is to a Rolling Stone article, of which if half of the
> assumptions or data are correct, clearly explains why there is no time for
> "reinforcement for incremental change" if reefs are to be 'saved'....
> psychology and money don't mix.
>
>
> http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/global-warmings-terrifying-new-math-20120719#ixzz21TlrGi4t
>
>
> (dont mind the Beatles app)
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: "Mhatziolos at worldbank.org" <Mhatziolos at worldbank.org>
> To: coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coral-List] New York Times op-ed piece - thoughts for Phase
> II
>
>
> Dear All,
> Yesterday's NYT Week in Review featured two articles worth reading: the
> first is along the lines of Ove's argument about the potential for rapid
> change in the switch from fossil fuels to renewables in the US,
> Europe, and
> yes--even China. The switch depends on development of a breakthrough
> technology that makes the price of wind or solar more attractive than
> it is
> now. This may not be as far away as we think.
> The second talks about the need to change the way we communicate about
> climate change --similar to Randy's message. Basically, we need to
> become
> climate psychologists to frame the message in ways that will create
> positive
> reinforcement for incremental change that is solution oriented..
> "There's still hope for the planet." By David Leonhardt (NYT Washington
> Bureau Chief)
> [1]
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/sunday-review/a-ray-of-hope-on-climate-
> change.html?ref=sunday&pagewanted=print
> "We're all Climate Change idiots." By Beth Gardiner
> [2]
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/opinion/sunday/were-all-climate-change-
> idiots.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
> Marea
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> References
>
> 1.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/sunday-review/a-ray-of-hope-on-climate-change.html?ref=sunday&pagewanted=print
> 2.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/opinion/sunday/were-all-climate-change-idiots.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
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