I'm saying people haven't sufficiently engaged with the severity of the problem for optimism to be relevant. You're trying to frame this as a rich vs poor situ

I'm saying people haven't sufficiently engaged with the severity of the problem for optimism to be relevant. You're trying to frame this as a rich vs poor situation, and talking about potential solutions and their likely effectiveness. I think your post would've been better as a top level comment because it has nothing to do with what I was saying.