[New post] Fossil fuels kill more people than Covid. Why are we so blind to the harms of oil and gas? | Rebecca Solnit

cloudtales posted: " Were we able to perceive afresh the sheer scale of fossil fuel impact we might be horrified, but because this is an old problem too many don't see it as a problemIf fossil fuel use and impact had suddenly appeared overnight, their catastrophic poisonous" Straight To The News That Matters Fossil fuels kill more people than Covid. Why are we so blind to the harms of oil and gas? | Rebecca Solnit cloudtales Feb 28 Were we able to perceive afresh the sheer scale of fossil fuel impact we might be horrified, but because this is an old problem too many don't see it as a problemIf fossil fuel use and impact had suddenly appeared overnight, their catastrophic poisonousness and destructiveness would be obvious. But they have so incrementally become part of everyday life nearly everywhere on Earth that those impacts are largely accepted or ignored (that they've also corroded our politics helps this lack of alarm). This has real consequences for the climate crisis. Were we able to perceive afresh the sheer scale of… Source - Full Article Fossil fuels kill more people than Covid. Why are we so blind to the harms of oil and gas? | Rebecca Solnit Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Straight To The News That Matters. Change your email settings at manage subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://softmachine.net/fossil-fuels-kill-more-people-than-covid-why-are-we-so-blind-to-the-harms-of-oil-and-gas-rebecca-solnit/

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