Oh I totally agree with you, but

a matter of seizing power from those who profit from the current system of extraction and burning.

This is the problem. To say this wouldn't be easy is a huge, gargantuan understatement.

The power and control is so far reaching and deep into the foundation of our society, I can't help being cynical. By using politics and propaganda techniques huge portions of the population have been convinced that global warming either isn't real, isn't important, or is actually a good thing. And this is only one hurdle to overcome along with many others.

The question is how do we seize power back.

And the odds of any of that actually happening? How exactly are you going to regulate the growth of industries internationally in a way that doesn't just end up offshoring the pollution to poor countries like it already has been for centuries?

Dudes right, we need a dues ex machina to save us. We won't make meaningful changes until it's profitable to do so. So expect to see a lot of companies transition into cooling and environmental control. Because they won't address the core problem, just sell you bandaids for the symptoms. The next advancement won't be "less emissions", it'll be "this new coolant cools 35% better".

Look at heat pumps. Its literally just an AC unit that can swap the hot and cold side with a valve. It's nothing new. But it's the new "miracle cure" to all your heating and cooling needs. Just run your electricity that most likely comes from a coal power plant and smugly think about how you personally aren't using gas to do it!

We won't fix it ourselves without major intervention.

we need both to cut emissions and to heavily invest into carbon sinks. It's doable. But would require coordinated effort where some of the money spent on mindless consumption and cars will have to go towards climate. And ain't nobody cares enough for that!

Whenever I thought about the great filter, I never considered greed, but it makes a lot of sense.

The great filter is upon you.

Right on. I hate being cynical and pessimistic but why struggle hard when the majority are either working against a positive goal or don't care at all.

I'm gonna enjoy the little things while I can.

But, if a time ever comes... I personally volunteer for the job of guillotine operator...lol. Although at some point this position might be very competitive.

The problem isn't curing greed, it is using an economic and governmental system that enables the people to be intentional about production and consumption. Capitalism isn't it, it explicitly relies on markets which is an opaque tool which makes it difficult to live intentionally. Markets tell you to just "trust" that the price reflects the impact of that product or commodity.

or in the case of parents buying SUVs to make their own children safe, children are 8 times more likely to die when struck by an SUV versus a passenger car. (ie: in their own driveway) And that's not even factoring the added risk of blindspots for children too small to be seen from the driver seat!

children are eight times more likely to die when struck by a SUV compared to those struck by a passenger car

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022437522000810

They also have significantly higher rollover risk which is why the best deaths per million kilometer stats belong to big sedans and wagon not SUVs.

"I like driving in a higher position, it makes me feel safer"

Rotting corpses can't order scop from Temu that ships on old bunker fuel ships, oddly in private jets that account for hundreds of cars worth of emissions per flight.

Likely not. The next years will be hell. Then, after 10 years or so - maybe sooner -, 2024 will be remembered as one of the more pleasant years with still bearable temperatures and comparably few catastrophes. We even still had affordable coffee and olive oil.

We should probably start with reducing the rate of increase first. Then talk about reducing emissions per year. As for zero emissions, I fail to see how we have a civilization of any sort without some emissions. Maybe that's the point. Was "Net Zero" a hidden word for collapse all along?

Yes. But it makes the second sentence make more sense.

And for the answer, the Jurassic Park "see, nobody cares" meme would fit in well.

I don't think mature California coastal redwoods are boreal.