We really aren't doing that on any lasting timescale. You can burn your furniture to stay warm, and congratulate yourself on how well you're doing. But it does

We really aren't doing that on any lasting timescale. You can burn your furniture to stay warm, and congratulate yourself on how well you're doing. But it doesn't take long to run out of furniture. The fact that "long" here means less than a century or so doesn't alter that point. It just turns it into a generational problem rather than an immediate personal one. in fact more and more people are being affected by climate damage, food shortages, and pollution with lasting effects. But apparently most of suburbia won't notice until it starts happening there too.