• stanleytweedle@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    However it gets clicks and then people talk about the climate crisis.

    So it generates ad revenue for the media, helps sell whatever useless shit the ads are about, eats energy serving the content, and ‘gets people talking’ about something people are already constantly talking about. Sounds like a big win for the planet!