Coal & oil disasters don’t shift public opinion or politicians

Jonathan Hiskes at Grist enumerates recent coal and oil disasters, which don’t include the Barrier Reef oil spill. Unfortunately, my experience is that the world has learned to look the other way. We’ve become acclimatised to the normal damages caused by the fossil fuel industries.

I remain convinced that the key to cutting out fossil fuel usage is to emphasize the far greater immorality of simply burning the stuff, to focus on the blighting of the lives of our children and grandchildren, and all humanity, due to global warming.