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Rich People Are the Big Barrier to Stabilizing the Climate
(newrepublic.com)
Discussion of climate, how it is changing, activism around that, the politics, and the energy systems change we need in order to stabilize things.
As a starting point, the burning of fossil fuels, and to a lesser extent deforestation and release of methane are responsible for the warming in recent decades:
How much each change to the atmosphere has warmed the world:
Recommended actions to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the near future:
Anti-science, inactivism, and unsupported conspiracy theories are not ok here.
Well, not every person out there do questionable actions (just) to get rich.
I am also happy that we are getting more and more environment-helping services.
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I as well as some other "insignificant" individuals still try to carry some light into the darkness, but it may be futile when compared to all the wrong-doings some people create...but I won't give up, nevertheless. I'll carry on, trying.
"Remember this: Try."
If only those little single celled organisms had just given up because it was too hard we could have avoided this whole existence thing. Real selfish bastards if we're being real