Essay by Eric Worrall
Professor of wildlife ecology Euan Ritchie expressing his dismay that mainstream media doesn’t pay attention to the issues he cares about.
Why did the Queen’s death receive saturation media coverage while the future of the Earth goes largely ignored?
Euan Ritchie
Fri 16 Sep 2022 11.29 AESTJust one day after the Queen’s death, another deeply sobering study related to the dangers of exceeding 1.5C of global warming was published
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I am not here to argue about the merit and contributions of the Queen and the royal family though, nor a long overdue transition to an Australian republic, or the far too often overlooked, disregarded and darker history and confronting issues, including maintenance of power structures and the ongoing damage and ravages of state-sanctioned colonialism. That is not my place nor area of expertise, and I genuinely want to extend my sincere condolences to all who are saddened and suffering, whatever their reason, and whatever cultural background, political and personal persuasion they may have.
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On 9 September, just one day after the Queen’s death, yet another landmark and deeply sobering study related to the dangers of exceeding 1.5C of global warming for triggering multiple climate tipping points was published. Like so many scientific publications and warnings before, this paper makes abundantly clear that collectively our unsustainable existence has us hurtling towards a truly diabolical future. This places human lives and livelihoods at increased risk of severe, prolonged suffering and, at worst, being extinguished.
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But it paled into insignificance and near obscurity relative to the saturation coverage of the Queen’s passing.
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Euan Ritchie is professor in wildlife ecology and conservation at the Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2022/sep/16/why-did-the-queens-death-receive-saturation-media-coverage-while-the-future-of-the-earth-goes-largely-ignored
Euan Ritchie, I hope you appreciate WUWT’s effort to shed some light on your lonely struggle to be heard, in a cruel, unfeeling world full of people who care about important issues.
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Because one story matters and the other doesn’t? Because people care about one of the stories and don’t the other? Is this a trick question?
Globaloney Warmunism is Y2K without an expiration date.
Idiots will be idiots if they are paid to be idiots. There is no climate crisis.
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Because they don’t think the public can handle the truth. That much coverage would require voicing the other sides arguments. If the people really understood the truth, it would mean the end of climate change. What he wants is indoctrination and not the truth.
Why did the Queen’s death receive saturation media coverage while the future of the Earth goes largely ignored?
That is an easy one. Because most people are not mentally ill and want to live their lives without obsessing about imaginary threats like you do.
If 70 years ago, Euan Ritchie and the rest if his pals in the Climate Change Hysterics Industry had predicted the Queen would die someday, they would have been right for the first time. So sad they missed their opportunity to not be wrong about everything.