"C" What the Big Deal Is
Posted by Eric Roston at 5/19/2008 10:20 AM and is filed under Self-Promotion,The Carbon Age,Global Warming,media,carbon cycle,Books,Carl Sagan,Interviews,carbon science 
Jennifer Ouellette is a hero of the science blogging movement, over at Cocktail Party Physics. Her two books -- Black Bodies and Quantum Cats and The Physics of the Buffyverse -- have established her as a clear, thoughtful, and creative voice among popular science writers. We first met a couple of years ago in a DC-based writers group, and since then she has been a pal and invaluable science-writing colleague, supplying critical feedback on early and late drafts of my book. With The Carbon Age careening toward launch, Jennifer asked me to chat a bit about all things carbon. Our conversation ranges from climate, to science and the mainstream media, to (naturally) why The Carbon Age should appeal to fans of...
MySpace-turned-MTV "personality" Tila Tequila. Read Part I of our conversation here.
MySpace-turned-MTV "personality" Tila Tequila. Read Part I of our conversation here.
Well let's see - why should all this matter to the Tila Tequila's of the world? You can go esoteric - she's made of carbon, so carbon issues are in her blood (as long as the hemoglobin is working). You can go capitalist - carbon trading represents a vast new futures market someone has to make money off of. You could go empathetic - small, cute creatures with amazing lives will die if we don't do something about AGW. You could go snow bunny - if AGW isn't slowed or stopped, you won't be skiing at Aspen when you are 100. You could go . . . So my point i sthere are a lot of reasons to get Tila and those like her to care. While I hate to Ape others, it is all about the framing in this instance. Oh, and you should probably start with "Scientists never agree on things the way other people do" so as to shoot that denialist approach right in the foot.
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Philip, thanks for the comment! I think it is all about irony in this instance. I didn't even know who Tila Tequila was until a friend explained her to me. I tried to "frame" this post for a science-blogging audience!
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