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    Met Office should name storms after fossil fuel companies, say campaigners
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    Met Office should name storms after fossil fuel companies, say campaigners

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    3. antbaby_machetesquad on

      So…free advertising? What with the tossers at JSO alienating people with their antics, are we sure that most of these campaigners aren’t secretly funded by oil companies.

    4. LopsidedLegs on

      I can just see the headlines now:

      “Storm Exxon Mobil causes record rainfall resulting in Thames Water shitting into the Thames”.

    5. xylophileuk on

      Nah we should name the intensity after company’s

      Here is storm James coming currently at level Exxon but could hit full BP by the end of the week

    7. Dedsnotdead on

      Campaigners channelling PETA hard here. Let’s focus on investing in viable alternatives to fossil fuels at scale including base load.

      Then you can throw as much shade around as you want.

    8. limeflavoured on

      This is just performative nonsense, and they’re pretty clearly not going to do it.

    9. No-Argument-691 on

      So… The storms that happened before all these companies, how exactly did they happen?

    10. Consistent-Pirate-23 on

      The reason they are given “people” names is very specific

      If you are to be aware of a storm, you probably think “best pack a raincoat”

      If you switch on the news and hear about “storm person name” it becomes more relatable, more urgent, you actually change your plans and take it seriously, just like you should.

      A newsreader saying “a storm is coming” sounds like a slow news day

      A newsreader saying “storm Alan is coming” sounds urgent, because it is. Same storm, different actions.

      Plus naming after a corporate entity could jeopardise news coverage, potentially breach copyright, plus it’s the met office that decides