With all anti-climate populists victories this current year (*cough* Donald Trump *cough*), the points 5. and 10. are now outdated. Because it means 2 things:
1) There are not many people left to fight, because the ones who put anti-climate populist into power clearly don't care or are denying the problem, and represent a significative par of the population.
2) The fight will be increasingly harder, if not virtually impossible, because populist leaders will not only let big polluters worsen the situation in full impunity, but also kill all counter-power.
Once again, hopium dealers are clearly downplaying political context.
As someone into my third decade as a climate activist it can be disheartening yes. But doomerism is something the fossil fuel lobby are happy with as we stop acting. Plus victory here is not all or nothing but every fraction of a degree of warming we stop matters. Politics, while the best route to policy change that helps the climate, are also complex because they mix up so many issues and climate is always fighting for space amongst seemingly pressing problems. But continue to fight we must.
I can assure that fuel lobbies has nothing to fear from climate activism, because even with 100% electric vehicles and electricity, we'll always need petroleum products, if only to manufacture wind turbines, electric cars or solar panels.
Every fraction of degree could matter...if only climate would be our only threat. Humanity is facing many existential threats, and the climate is not even the worst. To list some of them: soil artificialization, worsening social equalities, mass surveillance, water pollution, rise of neofascism, electronic waste, etc... Actually, the useful idiots of big companies are not the doomists, but the ones who focus solely on climate while downplaying -if not forgetting- other issues.
You say we must continue the fight but how are we supposed to do in a context were climate activism is more and more criminalized and were more and more powerful populists are taking away our weapons ? If you like to fight supertanks with tiny stones, good for you.
I have to say that I disagree with less people being a reason to hope. One reason for this is, a lower birth rate means less people who can work to change the status quo. As you mentioned, younger people tend to care more about the climate crisis. Having less of those motivated advocates and agents of change is not a good thing.
With all anti-climate populists victories this current year (*cough* Donald Trump *cough*), the points 5. and 10. are now outdated. Because it means 2 things:
1) There are not many people left to fight, because the ones who put anti-climate populist into power clearly don't care or are denying the problem, and represent a significative par of the population.
2) The fight will be increasingly harder, if not virtually impossible, because populist leaders will not only let big polluters worsen the situation in full impunity, but also kill all counter-power.
Once again, hopium dealers are clearly downplaying political context.
As someone into my third decade as a climate activist it can be disheartening yes. But doomerism is something the fossil fuel lobby are happy with as we stop acting. Plus victory here is not all or nothing but every fraction of a degree of warming we stop matters. Politics, while the best route to policy change that helps the climate, are also complex because they mix up so many issues and climate is always fighting for space amongst seemingly pressing problems. But continue to fight we must.
I can assure that fuel lobbies has nothing to fear from climate activism, because even with 100% electric vehicles and electricity, we'll always need petroleum products, if only to manufacture wind turbines, electric cars or solar panels.
Every fraction of degree could matter...if only climate would be our only threat. Humanity is facing many existential threats, and the climate is not even the worst. To list some of them: soil artificialization, worsening social equalities, mass surveillance, water pollution, rise of neofascism, electronic waste, etc... Actually, the useful idiots of big companies are not the doomists, but the ones who focus solely on climate while downplaying -if not forgetting- other issues.
You say we must continue the fight but how are we supposed to do in a context were climate activism is more and more criminalized and were more and more powerful populists are taking away our weapons ? If you like to fight supertanks with tiny stones, good for you.
Well what can I say then but you do your climate activism your way and I’ll do it my way and that men’s two of us are doing something.
We have negative 60 years to solve the climate crisis.
All we have now is damage control and a reason to attempt to soften the inevitable collapse.
I have to say that I disagree with less people being a reason to hope. One reason for this is, a lower birth rate means less people who can work to change the status quo. As you mentioned, younger people tend to care more about the climate crisis. Having less of those motivated advocates and agents of change is not a good thing.
Thanks for the reply and you make a good point.