Editor’s Note: Bill McGuire is professor emeritus of geophysical & climate hazards at University College London and author of “Hothouse Earth: An Inhabitant’s Guide.”
Anything I do is irrelevant, the system is too entangled to change and the ones that still care are met with hostility. The people will have the world they deserve in the end. I already did the most net positive thing a person can do, not having kids.
Climate scientists trying to coddle the public and downplaying the severity of the crisis is precisely why we are where we are today.
The article gives me zero reasons for why I should be more worried than I already am. Infact I don’t even understand what was the point of all that.
The article recommends collective action. Join a group of people passionate, read terrified, and actively working to make a difference. Find a local group and soothe you’re anxiety with the knowledge you’re doing what you can. Also feel free to read How to Blow Up a Pipeline if you’re feeling spicy.
After COVID are we still doing the “I am an expert trust me” thing?
After COVID are we still doing the “I’ll pretend this threat does not exist” thing?
only if you have a sane reason to believe so
that was one of the arguments to dismiss covid back then and it was just vague ‘chinese conspiracy’ vibes
It’s the capitalism.
Capitalism maybe the cause but climate change is way more terrifying than capitalism itself. Which is to say that climate orders of magnitude worse than something which is very bad.
