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I'm in my 30s, not a boomer, nor an idiot. I am probably more eco-conscious than you if I had to guess. I literally own a solar panel, 2 power stations, and a PHEV (I drive like a turtle intentionally to maximize the battery's longevity and coast and avoid coming to a complete stop as often as possible between destinations), and have shamelessly, openly criticized people at my workplace who misuse/ignore our recycling procedures.
What I'm saying is that we can only do so much, and there's no point in living your life in nonstop negativity. I know that I am doing my part so I will be actively happy about that. Your only defense to step back further is to tell me to join the Voluntary Human Extinction Movement (VHEM), to which I say: sure, but you first.
Yeah, this is not gonna be solved by individuals like you when just 100 companies are responsible for 71% percent of emissions. So even if every single individual on the planet will make their emissions net zero, it will STILL not be enough to save the climate.
This is something that needs to be solved by billionaires and politicians.
So no, I will not be happy and positive when we are fucked.
Enjoy living in your bubble thinking that your solar panels are helping at all. This is propaganda pushed by the billionaires to make people like you feel better when everything is actually going to shit.
So much more can be done and achieved by electing the right politicians and pushing them to do what needs to be done. And by stopping propaganda like this article that seemingly convinced half the people here that we are doing fine!
Are you assuming that I am not doing that, too?