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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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[–] bloup@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I feel like instead of naming the storm after ExxonMobil, it would play better if the storm was brought to you by ExxonMobil

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah somehow they would spin this as advertising and find a way to benefit from it. So maybe naming them after execs is better. But like with Boaty McBoatface, why bother asking the public what they think if you’re just going to do what you want anyway?