I have faith that the world will get it's act together and take meaningful action on climate change.
Why?
Because we have so many smart minds working on it.
Am I concerned that deniers will block the efforts?
No.
They can't.
Trump pulled us out of the Paris Accord, but nobody in America changed anything they were doing. Trump relaxed the vehicle efficiency standards but automakers have not changed their designs. They have to sell cars in other nations too and those nations have not relaxed their standards.
People want vehicles that get better mileage because those vehicles save them money. Most people understand that over the life of an inefficient vehicle more money is spent on fuel than on the purchase of the vehicle.
Trump relaxed the standards for coal, but everybody is moving away from coal anyway because it just costs too much to extract it and deal with the ash after it's burnt.
Trump may not care about the future for his successors but most people want to know their children and grandchildren will have a chance at a good life. People aren't dumb. Everyone has heard the news of what CO2 is doing. Everyone has heard the news about how it is causing more heat, more fires, more storms, ocean acidity, and sea level rise. They can look around them and see these things happening just as predicted. The world is not listening to deniers.
And the stupidest thing about denial is that it is unwise.
The wise thing to do when facing the unknown, is to prepare for the worst and hope for the best.
There is no wisdom that says deny and assume the best will happen. That's dumb.
People aren't dumb.
The world is seriously waking up to the realization that we cannot wish this thing away.
And we have great minds working on solutions. Many solutions. Some even talking about taking drastic measures to reduce the heat. Others taking a far more rational approach such as planting way more trees, and safe nuclear power.
We are going to get our act together and we are going to deal with this because that's what humans do. We solve problems.
And the exciting part is there are going to be a lot of great new jobs dealing with it.
Be strong. Be brave. Face this thing head-on. There is no reason to run from it. We will be OK.
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