I don't know anyone personally who thinks that the stuff he's calling green capitalism will fix the problem. For them, and me as well for that matter, it's akin to saying "recycling obviously isn't enough but my conscience won't allow me to do nothing so I guess I'll do that"

It's worse that we thought because the ones that know how truly fucked we are don't want to reveal how bad it is because it'll turn into the goddamn Road Warrior out there due to panic and hysteria

But the panic and hysteria are warranted

Oh fuck right the hell off with this despairist shit.

The fossil fuel companies want this kind of sentiment to be the mainstream because the logical conclusion is "so then why bother doing anything?"

They want your despair, they want your hopelessness, they want your burnout, you owe it to the world to not let them have it.

There is a solution, just not a capitalist one. Climate action won't generate profit and clean energy doesn't provide the same level of authority and power over labor that fossil fuels do.

"There's no solution" - says the motherfucking fucks responsible for FUCKING UP the shit and ensuring govts DON'T treat them like the criminals they are. "B-b-b-but think of ~~my profits~~ the economy!" - I love how profits for the next quarter are more important than long term survival for them.

Nobody is going after the big oil companies and ordering them to slow the fuck down. Nobody is telling the saudis to fuck off. Thanks to thinking of "the economy", we'll be on a very, VERY nasty future. But hey, that diamond studded yacht was worth it!

I read somewhere on lemmy that all the actions the government are taking are just to keep everyone calm.

We passed the tipping point. Where on our way to ruin there's no brakes on this train and the tracks fucked.

The government's are keeping a lid on it while the rich and powerful get their ducks in a row and bunker up.

It's a coping mechanism if anything I guess, thinking we could do something to mitigate or at least delay the crisis.

The best carbon emission bang for buck would be making cities cyclable and walkable. The best long term carbon reduction investments per lifetime $ are by replacing car and flight intensive travel with rail, highspeed rail and bus transit, reducing our reliance on oil. Imagine if these "carbon offset" scams were instead grants to building dense, affordable housing units.

Even if humanity dies a horrible death due to our insatiable need to consume, it is better for our collective conscious to say we died trying to fix it rather than deny it completely, even if such distinction is futile or practically insignificant in the long run.

I'm kinda annoyed that it is taking so long for plastics to be phased out of the packaging industry.. Plus there is the fact that one of our political parties only wants to pass laws favoring fossil fuels

There are solutions, lol. It's easy stuff, such as buying an ebike for trips less than 25 miles away. Or better insulating your house. Or replacing a furnace with a heat pump when your furnace breaks. Buying in bulk instead of buying micro things wrapped in plastic. Buying used equipment and jewelry rather than buying new. Eating less meat, or at least less beef.

There's lots of small stuff that can have a dramatic impact on your carbon footprint. It also tends to save you shitloads of money, all green arguments aside. Up front costs might go up, but over time, you save a lot of money.

It will have to get very very bad in order for the average person to support action

The fact that gas vs electric is even a debate annoys the hell out of me. Just stop this stupidity.

I've had this sinister feeling in the back of my head ever since I saw Extrapolations that it was far more of a documentary of what's to come than even the creators intended.

It's been a year since I watched it the first time, and that feeling has only gotten worse since.

Renewable energy is increasing at a rapid rate. You need to be less of a doomer.

"I'm doing what I can"

"You're in DENIAL!"

"I understand there are factors outside of my control"

"You don't FEEL BAD ENOUGH about those factors!"

Ok, asshole.