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I'm doing what I can, and encourage others to do the same cuz why not; but also under no illusion that our efforts are going to even delay our extinction by a meaningful amount.
We're at the mercy of some miracle-tier scientific breakthroughs, or literal divine/extraterrestrial intervention. There's a shred of hope in the former, but realistically, we're fucked.
Nah fuck off with all that. First of all, we won't become extinct. In the worst case scenarios we could lose a few billion over many years but that's hardly extinct. Secondly, we're not at the mercy of anything. We literally have the technology we need to make the changes we need right now, but the problem is that politicians are still in the pockets of Big Oil and other industries that will be interrupted. They push propaganda out to the gullible masses that eat it up because it makes them feel special and better than others. We need to change our politics (obviously).
Even with some miracle technology, actually especially with a miracle technology, there will be tons of pushback from Big Oil et al. because it'll slightly eat in to their profits. It's pretty much these "Dirty Dozen" wealthy elite that are causing the problems, and they need to be pushed back against hard
Hey now, we won't go extinct. Some of the ultra wealthy will likely survive in their bunkers! That's probably comforting right
Oh they'll probably last a few years longer than the rest of us, but their bunkers will only keep em ticking until the AC unit breaks, or... y'know, the plants and algae on the surface die and stop producing O2 and their tanks run out.
The problem is your dooming inspires others to give up.
Your "realistical" conclusions are parroting oil industry astroturfing lies. We are not doomed because the research is made by them and they are unrelenting in their lobbying and sabotage. Trump destroyed movements and research and every swine with money will continue to sabotage progress on mother earth until we make them stop. Then it ends. Don't be a problem in this class war and choose sides
Seems like a couple people here are missing the first sentence of my last post.
You don't need me to tell me to do the things - I'm doing the things just in case it turns out to actually make a difference. ...I'm just dead inside as I'm doing them, cuz I don't anticipate them making a difference. The info I'm 'parroting' is coming from institutions like NOAA.
So... do the things. All of us together, yea they add up, just anticipate that the thing they'll add up to is 2025 breaking more records. Then again in 2026. Etc - until that miracle tier scientific breakthrough comes. If it does, our efforts may give just enough of an edge for us to see our climate stabilize. If it doesn't, we're fucked.
one big disease could thanks snap the population. how we would survive afterwards is another question.
but high pop loads lead to more chance of drastic collapse.