[ThunderSleeps]

People need to realize how insignificant we are. That's not a bad thing, it is a good thing. The Earth is about 4.5 billion years old. The Earth's climate has gone through an incredible range of characteristics in that time. Guess what? It will continue to evolve and change regardless of what we do. We lack both the technology and the knowledge to do anything significant about it. The former is a good thing given the latter. If you want some truly sad entertainment, research mankind's ongoing string of failures at "managing" the environment - even on a small scale of say a National Park or forest or some such.

The main message to take away from this dose of reality is that the Earth's climate has always been changing, and almost certainly always will be changing - right up to the point the sun starts running out of Hydrogen and the Helium in it causes it to start to bloat into a red giant. Which will, unfortunately, probably consume the Earth, but our oceans and atmosphere will have long since burned away into elemental components. Our best hope as a sentient species is that we've colonized other star systems by then and can observe this process from afar.

Can we, and should we, be good stewards of our environment for future generations? Absolutely. However, we don't need to live in a perpetual state of fear, of remorse over what we're doing. The media, governments, and organizations with some skin in the game certainly want us, nay, need us in that ongoing state of fear. A people who are in fear, a people who believe there is a crisis, a people who think "something" needs to be done "RIGHT NOW!" are a people willing to be led. A people willing to sacrifice happiness, freedoms, almost anything based on the perceived seriousness of the promoted crisis. A people who believe they are in need of leadership and change give tremendous power, control, and wealth to those who claim to have "the" answer. Would-be leaders who claim they are smarter than everyone else, they have a direct pipeline to the wisdom of the ages. Would-be tyrants who claim "the science is settled." You know who they are.

[polymuser]

“However, we don’t need to live in a perpetual state of fear, of remorse over what we’re doing.“

But, that fear mongering is a proven, successful tool for power-hungry pols. And we have a proggie media that is inbred with politicians and pushing fears like there’s no (Day After) tomorrow. And we have highly emotion-based voters since A19.

Unless and until we gain power in our media, we’re inaudible.

[aquila48]

“However, we don’t need to live in a perpetual state of fear, of remorse over what we’re doing.”

The fear is simply a means to power.

Check out “State of Fear” by Crichton.