Saving Us
A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
Katherine Hayhoe Central 363.73874 H419s 2021
Attitude change is endogenous, not imposed. Dr. Hayhoe's message is about learning about the person you wish to convince, and learning about where that person can go from where they are now. Learning about them, their beliefs, their values, their desires and their worries, then learning how to make an attitude shift desirable to that particular person.
Dr. Hayhoe has her own climate-threatening attitudes; page 171:
But while safe, affordable, waste-free, widespread nuclear fusion may be part of our long term future, it is not likely to happen anytime this century --- and despite recent technological advances, nuclear fission isn't the all-encompassing antidote its enthusiasts often make it out to be.