Even if we stop 100% of emissions, the global average temperature will continue to rise. There is no stopping the melting of arctic sea ice. We will have a blue ocean event in less than 2 decades.
If we do stop 100% of emissions, we doom ourselves quicker because of the lack of aerosol masking. Plants and animals can’t adapt quickly enough to survive abrupt global warming.
We’re achieving a faster rate of warming in a matter of decades than the PETM that took tens of thousands of years and ushered in a mass extinction event.
Rebel against extinction all you want, but we’re not long for this world.
The science of domino effects regarding climate is not set in stone or even fully understood. It could be really bad, or it may not be as bad as some suspect. I don’t really see the utility in assuming the worst of something that could be fixable, or at least mitigated.
Personally, I’m going to look at the proposition of complete and utter doom with a healthy dose of skepticism, and continue to try to make things better where possible.
Out of curiosity, why do you consciously choose to discourage others from trying to make things better? I guess if I thought we were all doomed, there wouldn’t be much point in telling others that we’re doomed, since it’d be irrelevant anyway. I’d just do my own thing and attempt to live my life to the fullest ability that I have.
I said protesting doesn’t work.
I’m all for radically changing the way we live and limiting our emissions as much as possible. I also understand that it’s likely futile, because again, no action will prevent the arctic sea ice from melting, and nothing will mitigate the effects from that loss of ice.
Protesting and making noise doesn’t convince anyone. It only polarizes people that disagree with you, and pushes people that were on the fence over the other side.