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I am terrified of climate change (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'll keep this short and sweet. Some random guy on the internet compiled together and summarized a bunch of climate research papers analyzing global trends and a bunch of different slow actors that are all going to kick in soon like the permafrost in Russia or the polar ice caps etc.

While I have not yet gone through the sources the author links and quotes extensively, this still has me extremely worried and I think that unless society somehow drastically changes and devotes a significant effort in doing something about it, we're all going to die within half a century.

I'm sorry for bringing doomerism into a safe space like Beehaw, but I'm scared and I can't sleep.

Also I'm not going to link the document in question because the author goes on a rant about billionaires and greed, and while I haven't decided whether or not I agree I'm not sure the tone fits the community.

Sorry again and have a good one !

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've just given up to preserve the little remaining bits of my mental health. I continue to do my personal part, but I have lost any sort of hope that humanity will get the curve. Right now things seem to go more in the opposite direction, the far right is booming and the worse it gets, the more people will flock to them because they promise continuous denial. The required climate neutrality by 2035 is nothing but a pipe dream, especially when governments aim more towards 2045 - 2060. We've had decades to act, we did nothing. And now when things start to get dire, we still just half ass our way through it, hoping it will at least not lower our living standards for the current older generations (the majority of voters in a lot of places).

Honestly, for me who already had a lot of issues, this decision was freeing. I've tried so hard, for decades, to somehow make it right by society & the government, but I can't. This was nothing but a constant downwards spiral. Now I'm just here for myself. I don't care about it anymore, because I can't change it anyway. When the time comes I'll just eff myself and be done with all the bullshit. Let them reap what they sowed and learn it the hard way. If that's what the majority wants, then that's what's going to happen.