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I appreciate the optimism, I really do. I hope things basically work out for my kid’s sake.
But even this summer was seemingly hotter than it should have been. I think the cascading issues are here.
I’ll continue voting and doing small peasant actions but unless governments actually treat it like it’s a global emergency, then there’s no chance.
It's not a matter of optimism, it's a matter of not repeating our parents' mistakes. Whatever the inevitability of warming, we should fight for every 0.1°C, because there's a big difference for our kids if the average is 2 or 5 or 6 degrees higher.
You can be as pessimistic as you feel the need to, as long as that doesn't stop you from acting.
Hannah Ritchie on Keeping Hope for the Planet Alive - Sean Carroll's Mindscape podcast
This episode just came out. There is still plenty that can be done it seems.