As an optimistic pessimist I deal with perosnal 'doomism' when I see yet another confirmation of not only the climate crisis, but also ecosystem collapse from pollution, overharvesting, and land abuse.
I am confident we have the knowledge to do it - but the will is the question. Greed, ignorance, disinformation, and flawed accounting pose many challenges. Whenever I need a boost I just look to see who and what is being done to save the planet. There are so many good people doing things that need to be done I am always cheered up.
But it will take a collosal tragedy and a few global superstars and influencers like Taylor Swift (336 million fans) to get people going.
As World War 2 showed, remarkable changes can be made in months. My cousin Kenneth Bainbridge played a privotal role in radar development and then led the first a-bomb test. Both took thousands of people and billions of dollars.-- but advances were amazingly fast.
"IPCC chief warns apocalyptic messaging paralyses public
The newly elected head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Prof. Jim Skea, has warned that apocalyptic messaging about climate change is counterproductive and prevents people from taking action.
In an interview with the German news magazine Der Spiegel, Skea said that the world warming 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels is “not an existential threat to humanity.” He acknowledged that it is an important target, but said that “we don’t know exactly when” it will be reached, although he continued that individual years could exceed it “as early as this decade.”"
So, there's that to be added to the pile.
Note: Does Substack have ANY "word processing" tools (block quote, bolding, rest of stuff DISQUS has"? I wanted to both fix the above for presentation but also add a picture just for Lloyd!
As an optimistic pessimist I deal with perosnal 'doomism' when I see yet another confirmation of not only the climate crisis, but also ecosystem collapse from pollution, overharvesting, and land abuse.
I am confident we have the knowledge to do it - but the will is the question. Greed, ignorance, disinformation, and flawed accounting pose many challenges. Whenever I need a boost I just look to see who and what is being done to save the planet. There are so many good people doing things that need to be done I am always cheered up.
But it will take a collosal tragedy and a few global superstars and influencers like Taylor Swift (336 million fans) to get people going.
As World War 2 showed, remarkable changes can be made in months. My cousin Kenneth Bainbridge played a privotal role in radar development and then led the first a-bomb test. Both took thousands of people and billions of dollars.-- but advances were amazingly fast.
https://sustainablefuturenews.com/news/ipcc-chief-warns-apocalyptic-messaging-paralyses-public/
"IPCC chief warns apocalyptic messaging paralyses public
The newly elected head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Prof. Jim Skea, has warned that apocalyptic messaging about climate change is counterproductive and prevents people from taking action.
In an interview with the German news magazine Der Spiegel, Skea said that the world warming 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels is “not an existential threat to humanity.” He acknowledged that it is an important target, but said that “we don’t know exactly when” it will be reached, although he continued that individual years could exceed it “as early as this decade.”"
So, there's that to be added to the pile.
Note: Does Substack have ANY "word processing" tools (block quote, bolding, rest of stuff DISQUS has"? I wanted to both fix the above for presentation but also add a picture just for Lloyd!
The doomers I read, or at least the people who feel others accuse them of being doomers want more radical action not retreat.