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Met Office should name storms after fossil fuel companies, say campaigners (www.theguardian.com)

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The Met Office should name storms after fossil fuel companies, campaigners have said, after the weather forecasting service opened a storm naming competition.

Climate campaigners have recommended the Met Office names its storms after various oil and gas corporations to remind the public of the link between burning fossil fuels and extreme weather.

They are hoping to spark a craze similar to “Boaty McBoatface”, when in 2016 the National Environment Research Council opened a competition to name a £200m polar research ship. Nationwide hilarity ensued when the public voted Boaty McBoatface as the top choice for the ship’s name. However, the name was not chosen by the government, who opted to name it the Sir David Attenborough instead.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They're hoping to spark a craze similar to the ship so they can just ignore the most popular vote?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I don't think you understand how widely familiar people are with [noun]y Mc[noun]face as a name. The name of a storm has literally no effect whatsoever on the atmosphere and climate, so it doesn't matter what the Met Office ends up deciding to call them, what matters is the awareness raised by the campaign, which can actually be turned into action.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think the point is to try to get people talking about it in the way people did about the Boaty McBoatface thing.