[ahnberg]

Sadly the fact that it HAS been written about for so long just fuels the fire (no pun intended) for the sceptics.

Something I often hear when trying to talk to people who refuse to believe the impact we have: "See these domsday prophets have been ranting about this for over a century and we're still here enjoying life!"

[rullelito]

The same with "we only have 10 years left". After 30 years this doesn't carry much weight.

[rob_c]

This just makes the problem worse because little remember this 30 years later and think you're a liar or idiot because you pushed exaggerated claims.

In the 80s in the UK acid rain was hyped up, in the 90s it was 20 years of oil reserves in the education system. Both now have generated adults distrusting education because they're not an academic and they just remember what a fool told them at face value without nuance.

One of the biggest recently being reports that we will have millions dead unless X which doesn't match reality which is just going to create more anti intellectual fear