Environmentalists made a castastrophic mistake by focusing on climate change/global warming as the primary reason why we should care about the enviroment.
People can easily deny that burning gasoline contributed to generally warmer weather, more intense storms, and rising oceans.
It is much harder to deny the negative consequences of oil spills and pollution. These are things everyone can tangibly connect with our oil consumption.
By focusing primarily on climate change, environmentalists have lost a large section of support from people who I believe would be more likely to support their movement.
At this point, I think environmentalists would do themselves a huge favor to shift the conversation away from climate change and bridge the gap to make a more compelling argument.
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