Why climate ‘doomers’ are replacing climate ‘deniers’

The Washington Post ^ | March 24, 2023 | By Shannon Osaka

[Oldeconomybuyer]

When Sean Youra was 26 years old and working as an engineer, he started watching documentaries about climate change. Youra, who was struggling with depression and the loss of a family member, was horrified by what he learned about melting ice and rising extreme weather. He started spending hours on YouTube, watching videos made by fringe scientists who warned that the world was teetering on the edge of societal collapse — or even near-term human extinction. Youra started telling his friends and family that he was convinced that climate change couldn’t be stopped, and humanity was doomed.

In short, he says, he became a climate “doomer.”

“It all compounded and just led me down a very dark path,” he said. “I became very detached and felt like giving up on everything.”

That grim view of the planet’s future is becoming more common. Influenced by a barrage of grim U.N. reports — such as the one published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change earlier this week — and negative headlines, a group of people believe that the climate problem cannot, or will not, be solved in time to prevent all-out societal collapse. They are known, colloquially, as climate “doomers.” And some scientists and experts worry that their defeatism — which could undermine efforts to take action — may be just as dangerous as climate denial.

For his part, Youra has advice for those who are suffering from the same sort of fatalism that he once felt. “Stop engaging excessively with negative climate change content online and start engaging in your community,” he said. “You can be one of those voices showing there is support for the solutions.”

[AndyTheBear]

Well I know a little from when I made an effort to figure out if the whole AGW stuff was for real or not 20 years ago.

Somebody who is a wealth of info and great debunker of the climate change hysteria is Tony Heller

[packrat35]

That’s what I always say myself. Feel like your presence on Earth is a threat, then remove it.

[oldtech]

He’ll be fine if he would read the Bible & trust God’s Word. After all, who would know more about the climate than the One who created it?

[Machavelli]

So riddle me this: if the seas are rising because of melting ice, why are all the power elites buying up beachfront properties??

[House Atreides]

“… In short, he says, he became a climate “doomer.”

“It all compounded and just led me down a very dark path,” he said. “I became very detached and felt like giving up on everything.”

That grim view of the planet’s future is becoming more common…”
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All going according to THE PLAN.