It's hard to motivate oneself to act knowing the act is futile. I was a vegetarian for a decade and a half. What did that achieve for climate change (or unrelat

It's hard to motivate oneself to act knowing the act is futile. I was a vegetarian for a decade and a half. What did that achieve for climate change (or unrelated for animal welfare)? Nothing. Because it's almost irrelevant in the grand scheme of things especially when most greenhouse gas emissions come from the commercial sector by far. And especially when the commercial sector and political sector that's supposed to govern it aren't doing shit to solve this, especially in America. As another comment points out, we've had the solution for over half a century: nuclear. But we haven't done shit. That's the kind of action that could really help the situation. Other countries are doing a lot better but without collective action it's unlikely we can solve this in time, especially with the politicians in power in the US. In the US this is somehow a partisan issue because the people in power would prefer to kill most human beings on earth and a million other species rather than lose a little money on their fossile fuel investments. On the scale in the linked article, I'm probably a four or five, but I'm also in my late thirties and don't plan to have kids. So while I stay informed, I don't worry. If I was younger or planned to have kids, I'd be fuming. It's unbelievable how badly our so called leaders, especially in the US have fucked us.