This is a major point of contention between myself and my kith. We are all in agreement over climate change, broadly on social issues, economic issues, etc. The

This is a major point of contention between myself and my kith. We are all in agreement over climate change, broadly on social issues, economic issues, etc. The moment we start talking about specifics, the conversations get contentious: - Encouraging higher density via elimination of single-family-only zoning (think minisota) - Replacing gas with electrical - Adopting a more vegetarian and vegan lifestyle - reduction in general consumption. Whenever personal action, or things that affect the public at large are indicated, there is a strong reaction. Its like the dog that wants you to throw the ball, but then does not give it back for you to throw. I am sympathetic toward the response. I am one person among billions; any action I take will pale in comparison to the actions of corporations, governments, and populaces as a whole. Society at large seems to want to put the entire fate of the world on my shoulders and my shoulders alone. If I accept my personal responsibility, it can lead to despondency as I see others shirking their responsibility at best, and actively working against it at worst. Thus, I give up and focus only on abstract concepts that affect corporations, governments, and peoples at large. And this is my experience with fairly liberal people. My experience with my conservative parents is disgusting. There is, somehow, an acknowledgement that climate change is real (thank god) and anthropogenic (thank god), but ANY (and I do mean any) suggestion on how to curb it is meant with resistance since essentially any solution would require a changing of society. Mind you, this is even with the most uncontroversial policies (such as more renewable energy) I used to think thousands would have to have their homes destroyed in order to invite political action. COVID has convinced me that a million dead is truly just a statistic. I do not have high hopes for anything but the worst case scenario of the climate response.