This is a bit of a downer, and while it certainly captures the politics in the media, it doesn't really capture the "deep state" of expertise that has been work

This is a bit of a downer, and while it certainly captures the politics in the media, it doesn't really capture the "deep state" of expertise that has been working in the background for decades around the globe. The deep pockets of fossil fuels have been spending a lot of money to hold things back, and despite that we've made amazing progress. If you want to be even more optimistic, the populist right selling out so hard may well discredit them for an entire generation. Which will be a nice bonus if greed hasn't already set off a chain reaction that will destroy all human civilization.