[–] ChaseWegman [S] 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago
Climate change denial has come a long way, at first it was that the climate wasn't changing, now it's just "natural" change from sun spots. Maybe one day they'll just stop denying facts. Probably not though.
[–] Gigan 8 points 7 points 15 points (+15|-8) ago
Can't deny climate change if you live in Beijing. That place has been proper fucked up.
[–] aaronC ago
A large part of Beijing's problem is that it's a massive city that's completely land locked. If you look at nearly all major cities of that size, they're by water so the winds can take away the pollution. There's about 20 million people in Beijing, and New York City, America's most populated city, has 8.5 million and is on a coast. Major urban centers don't work very well when they are land locked, at least when they're Asian super-city sized.
If the jet stream moves and doesn't bring the winds they need, like what happens with an El Nino in the US, the pollution is not swept away and just sits in the city.
[–] 9-11 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
with enough profits from making all those plastic mcdonalds toys... they might be able to clean their air/water.
[–] KinkRaven 9 points 7 points 16 points (+16|-9) ago (edited ago)
That's environmental pollution issues, not climate change.
Also China is completely responsible for that. It has nothing to do with rising tempatures or changes to climate. (which also don't seem to be happening, hence its climate change now not global warming).
They just pollute the fuck out of their cities, that isn't caused by climate change. It comes from having a shitty single party government system.
[–] PardiGras 4 points 0 points 4 points (+4|-4) ago
I hope the oil companies are at least paying you something to lap up their propaganda so eagerly.
[–] CatNamedJava 4 points 1 point 5 points (+5|-4) ago
Beijing is suffering greatly from climate change as the area is suffering from desertification and drought.
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[–] Gigan 3 points 2 points 5 points (+5|-3) ago
Climate is part of the environment. If the local environment can be changed, so can the global environment. It's just a matter of scale.