well, 'just die' implies some sudden event. I think that the first deaths caused by global warming have already happened but are not easy to definitively measur

well, 'just die' implies some sudden event. I think that the first deaths caused by global warming have already happened but are not easy to definitively measure. given another generation of time, it will perhaps be easier to measure it, and eventually there will be a 50th percentile consensus that it's happening. I think around the time half of people publicly agree it's happening, there will be strong support to do something reactive, and do something. My hope is that this interim time between now and then, the people who should be deciding if and how to do such a thing, are making good progress for why or why not, and how or how not to execute on it. The other thing that keeps me up at night is that one single billionaire might try to just 'fix it' on a secret mission, botch it, and now we're all in on one person's decision. But we're already in bag on so many other topics - the next pandemic being just as existentially scary to me. I put a lot of energy into trying to accept that I can do a little but I can't do a lot. Life is short, and maybe 6 generations of invention and progress and explosive population growth and technology have cost is some more of that limited shortness. It should be ok to have faith in technology but I sure wouldn't use it as a coping mechanism. This topic can be all-consuming; terminal patients can still live their life and find beauty in the world.