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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