CACA: Is it Our New Climate Destiny?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the rebranding of the term "Anthropogenic Global Warming" (AGW) to "Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alternation" (CACA). Participants explore the implications of this new terminology, its resonance with various perspectives on climate change, and the cultural connotations associated with the term.

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Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express a preference for the term CACA over AGW, suggesting it captures the broader implications of climate change beyond just warming.
  • One participant argues that AGW is a misnomer, as the focus should be on climate change as a whole rather than solely on warming.
  • There is a humorous acknowledgment of the term CACA as a descriptor for the current state of climate discourse, with references to its implications of poor quality or standards.
  • Another participant notes that the term CACA may sound silly to French speakers, highlighting cultural differences in language perception.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree that the term CACA has merit in describing climate issues, but there is no consensus on whether it should replace AGW. The discussion reflects a mix of humor and serious commentary on the state of climate change terminology.

Contextual Notes

Some statements reflect personal beliefs about climate change and its causes, including references to livestock emissions, but these claims are not universally accepted among participants.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may be of interest to those exploring climate change terminology, cultural perceptions of language, and the broader implications of climate discourse.

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I got this great idea. It came to me. Instead of Anthropogenic global warming (AGW), we should call it catastrophic anthropogenic climate alternation (CACA). :cool: Do we like this one better or should we stick with AGW? I personally like CACA better. Maybe I'll use it instead. :biggrin: Reminds me of the Dark Tower. In the book series, they say Ka is a wheel, Ka is destiny, and Ka is also your history. Your history is your destiny: many if not all of the Earth (and the universe)'s systems are cyclic in nature, and are bound to repeat themselves. Maybe not perfectly the same, but things tend to fall into place, into a cyclic order.
 
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He he he ... CACA fit's in so many ways, whether you believe in it or not (I incidentally, believe we're effecting climate change). AGW is increasingly believed to be a misnomer, as everyone is not focused on climate change rather than "warming", but whatever you call it if we don't get a hold on it we'll be in deep caca. It's all caused by people spewing caca in the air, and the largest contributor is thought by some to be Cattle based farts (gaseous caca). Most of all, the whole controversy over climate change has devolved into a pile of verbal caca, supported and denied largely by meaningless statistics, or in other words: caca.
 
Caca is a perfect decription of your idea.

I think this is good for GD.
 
I think caca is very apt, the Welsh use that term to describe any thing that is not up to standard, may be not the same spelling but it sounds the same, so the theory of AGW is caca.
 
Let me just tell you that CACA will sound very, very silly to french hears :smile:
 

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