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how do you avoid getting blackpilled/paralyzed by climate change (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by WhyEssEff@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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like holy shit the bourgeoisie are trying to kill us all actively en masse within our lifetimes and all movement against it feels like it has died come the 20s. Every time it gets brought up it feels like people are either revelling in it, are denying it, are too tired to care, say “someone's going to fix it so there's no point in worrying," or get angry asking "well what do you want me to do about it I can't fix it" or something. It feels like we're in a moment where we have just abandoned science all together in the decaying west, so the plan is almost like to keep attacking the biosphere out of spite for everyone around us.

It feels Lovecraftian, I can't think about it because every time I do it paralyzes me in awe of the urgency and scope of what has to be done. Do I just stop thinking about it? I guess the answer is to keep organizing but I'm scared that we don't have enough time at this rate to address it before it gets catastrophic and has irreversible effects

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[–] cogitase@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We have everything we need to get to net zero, all the technology is there, we just need to produce everything and, for some technologies, make them cheaper. Once we do that, we also have the technology to sequester about 10-15% per year of what we are emitting right now. Of course, we aren't going to avoid any number of environmental catastrophes, but humans have committed numerous environmental atrocities already during the Holocene extinction.

Incremental progress doesn't make headlines. LCoEs continuing to plummet for wind and solar doesn't get reported on. Even successfully saving species doesn't get much notice unless it's something flashy. Roughly 1/3 of all patents being filed today relate in some way to reducing carbon emissions, electrifying transport, increasing recyclability, etc. That's millions of minds across the world all chipping away at this problem little by little.

[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago

If we drop cars and fossil fuels entirely tomorrow, we still will see about +3C from the pre-industrial average this century. Where in the capitalist world is anyone making the kinds of investments in renewables that are warranted for this crisis?

Also, it's not reassuring at all that the solutions to climate collapse are being patented and held by an intellectual property system that has already been used to withhold lifesaving technology from the global south. What makes you think the same global ruling class that murdered hundreds of thousands in Gaza in the last 2 years has any interest in deploying that tech to save people in South and South-East Asia, Africa, South America, and the Pacific? Remember these are the regions that will be most affected and some of the most populated regions of the world.