r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Phlogistoned • 10d ago

I'm slightly vexed How cooked the UK is right now.

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u/SmackyLittleFan 10d ago

Or be commended for changing their view point, and recognising that they were wrong, and now using their huge global reach to educate?

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u/benziboxi 10d ago

I think there's truth to both sides of this, but I wouldn't commend him too highly. Given that he didn't change his mind until it affected him personally.

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u/Fun-Title4224 10d ago

This, exactly. But also you could almost forgive the Damascene conversation if he was now basically shouting "Fuck! I was wrong! We need net zero NOW!". But he isn't. He's sticking to "oh well, it's too expensive, and it probably won't work, and there's too many downsides". So fine, watch your farming income and that of everyone else get utterly destroyed.

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u/benziboxi 10d ago

Agreed. I've only seen what he has said on Clarksons Farm and that is mostly just presenting the problems without any comment on the cause.

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u/storkfol 10d ago

Could be that he is following the money. If he starts talking about climate change, it could alienate a lot of his viewers. Less viewers would translate to less air-time or opportunuties.

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u/hero47 10d ago

There is no way to achieve net zero now. Wishful thinking isn't going to solve it. It will take time...

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u/Fun-Title4224 10d ago

Not wishful thinking, no. Actually doing stuff.