It only makes you want to act in the short term. In the long term, it either promotes denial (from those who think that its all hyperbole) or doomerism (from th

It only makes you want to act in the short term. In the long term, it either promotes denial (from those who think that its all hyperbole) or doomerism (from those who think that none of it is hyperbole). Hyperbole does not promote hope, which is the primary motivating factor to solving problems like this.