I am very sorry to tell you this,...but it is all over concerning the climate. The earth lost to pollution. There is no way we can stop Mother Nature from hurting us. We have 1,5 BILLION cars in the world and 600 million motorcycles. Plus all the crap pumped into the atmosphere every second. No amount of EVs, solar panels and windmills are going to save us. I applaud you for trying but you will fail and our failing. People are too selfish to get out of their cars and do not care that we burn coal for electricity. Hate me more, but conservative America won this one. The end is 50 years away. And with 4 more years of a MAGA administration there is really no hope. It's over, it really is.
I am genuinely disappointed to see this comment, particularly in response to a newsletter about how mothers and children are most at risk.
This comment comes across as both dismissive and harmful: dismissive, because it tells a climate scientist with deep expertise in emissions and future projections that you somehow know better; and harmful, because it promotes the idea that we should give up—when the science shows that every fraction of a degree of warming we avoid, and every action we take, can reduce suffering.
That suffering isn’t abstract. As the newsletter explains, it falls heaviest on those who are already most vulnerable. And as a man living in a wealthy country with more resources than many, your influence and potential to make a positive difference is greater—not smaller—than theirs.
I do understand that climate despair often stems from very real fear and anxiety. I sympathize with that deeply. And I want to be clear: I’m not judging you as a person; I don’t know you. I’m responding only to what was said.
For healthy and constructive ways to address climate anxiety, I strongly recommend the Good Grief Network, the books Gen Dread and How to Live in a Chaotic Climate, and subscribing to this newsletter below. It offers meaningful, science-based ways to channel our very justified emotions into action—and that’s how we make a difference, together.
I am very sorry to tell you this,...but it is all over concerning the climate. The earth lost to pollution. There is no way we can stop Mother Nature from hurting us. We have 1,5 BILLION cars in the world and 600 million motorcycles. Plus all the crap pumped into the atmosphere every second. No amount of EVs, solar panels and windmills are going to save us. I applaud you for trying but you will fail and our failing. People are too selfish to get out of their cars and do not care that we burn coal for electricity. Hate me more, but conservative America won this one. The end is 50 years away. And with 4 more years of a MAGA administration there is really no hope. It's over, it really is.
I am genuinely disappointed to see this comment, particularly in response to a newsletter about how mothers and children are most at risk.
This comment comes across as both dismissive and harmful: dismissive, because it tells a climate scientist with deep expertise in emissions and future projections that you somehow know better; and harmful, because it promotes the idea that we should give up—when the science shows that every fraction of a degree of warming we avoid, and every action we take, can reduce suffering.
That suffering isn’t abstract. As the newsletter explains, it falls heaviest on those who are already most vulnerable. And as a man living in a wealthy country with more resources than many, your influence and potential to make a positive difference is greater—not smaller—than theirs.
I do understand that climate despair often stems from very real fear and anxiety. I sympathize with that deeply. And I want to be clear: I’m not judging you as a person; I don’t know you. I’m responding only to what was said.
For healthy and constructive ways to address climate anxiety, I strongly recommend the Good Grief Network, the books Gen Dread and How to Live in a Chaotic Climate, and subscribing to this newsletter below. It offers meaningful, science-based ways to channel our very justified emotions into action—and that’s how we make a difference, together.
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