Tragedy of the Commons problems are pretty tough to crack, especially when the commons is the entire planet. Look at it this way, you could live the most energ

Tragedy of the Commons problems are pretty tough to crack, especially when the commons is the entire planet. Look at it this way, you could live the most energy indulgent lifestyle possible or you could spend the rest of your life eating grubs in the woods and it would not swing the needle either way - at all. It's hard to convince rational actors to do something or sacrifice things for a payoff that, on an individual level, is about as close to zero as possible. Personally, my strategy is to try to live reasonably, try not to consume or pollute too much, vote my conscience, and hope like hell that the next generation or two are much better equipped (and motivated) to solve the problem. Hopefully by then they've figured out "free" fusion energy and maybe they can just run a few gigawatt carbon sequestration plants... I'm actually fairly optimistic that they will be up to the task. I mean, can you imagine how pathetic the outcomes would have been if you would have asked 1919 Earth to solve the problems we've cracked in the last 50 years?