yes, and this is literally the "old lie" that TFA discusses. sure, you want to give people hope, but you shouldn't lie to them about what's coming simply to gi

yes, and this is literally the "old lie" that TFA discusses. sure, you want to give people hope, but you shouldn't lie to them about what's coming simply to give them hope. "hope" can also be things like "let's keep it to 4C". how did we get to "hope" being defined solely by this 1.5C number? this also generally discounts the loss of hope people are going to feel when they realize they've been lied to, especially when you are demanding they make these huge sacrifices. We already saw the result of this approach during COVID - not only was nobody fooled by the "masks don't reduce transmission" but when scientists admitted this was false messaging primarily intended to massage people's behavior, it pretty well destroyed any rapport between the scientific community and the public. If you are someone who "does everything right" and stops eating meat, sorts your recycleables, and reduces the number of times you flush - how do you feel when the outcome is "lol, yeah, none of that is going to be enough, we know and knew that, but despite your sacrifice we're gonna blow way past that anyway because we didn't tackle any of the systemic issues around production or distribution"?