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It's not anywhere close to too late. I'm so sick and tired of this nihilistic doomerism because it turns out the world doesn't work like a freaking Superhero c

It's not anywhere close to too late. I'm so sick and tired of this nihilistic doomerism because it turns out the world doesn't work like a freaking Superhero cartoon 2-parter where the bad guys only win once at the end of part 1, and then the heroes come back from momentary defeat and save the day in part 2, looking over a prosperous sunrise as the credits roll. Back in the middle ages they started cathedrals knowing that the would take multiple generations to complete, but we're so decadent as a society that we can't do the same for an arguably existential crisis. Yes, our children may have some challenges due to climate change, and perhaps an overall lower quality of life, and they don't deserve that and it sucks. How about we try and make sure that our grandchildren or great-grandchildren have what they need to turn the corner? If the best we can do in our lifetimes is slow the decay and limit the damage, that's still WAY better than nothing.

sfn42 3y ago
Your grandchildren (I won't have any) will probably struggle with things like water and food availability, possibly famine and I wouldn't be surprised if wars break out over these things. I also don't know if it will necessarily be grandchildren. It might very well be getting pretty bad by the time we're thinking about retirement. I'm hoping for the best and I hope I'm wrong but this is what it looks like to me, based on various reports and such that I see. The temperature graph is clearly exponential (at least for now) so the next 1.5 degrees are going to come much faster than the previous. I won't be surprised if we live to see 5, which is generally considered apocalyptic. And we haven't even started hitting the brakes, not even slightly. We're still producing more CO2 every single year than the previous. So yeah, I'm not optimistic. If you want to be that's fine and I'll happily support any proper action. But there's nothing I can do beyond live my best life while I can.

sfn42 3y ago

Your grandchildren (I won't have any) will probably struggle with things like water and food availability, possibly famine and I wouldn't be surprised if wars break out over these things. I also don't know if it will necessarily be grandchildren. It might very well be getting pretty bad by the time we're thinking about retirement. I'm hoping for the best and I hope I'm wrong but this is what it looks like to me, based on various reports and such that I see. The temperature graph is clearly exponential (at least for now) so the next 1.5 degrees are going to come much faster than the previous. I won't be surprised if we live to see 5, which is generally considered apocalyptic. And we haven't even started hitting the brakes, not even slightly. We're still producing more CO2 every single year than the previous. So yeah, I'm not optimistic. If you want to be that's fine and I'll happily support any proper action. But there's nothing I can do beyond live my best life while I can.