[evincarofautumn]

What can we do as individuals? I already eat relatively little in the way of animal products, don’t drive much, don’t use a lot of electricity or natural gas at home…but one person behaving this way isn’t enough. The only way I see us fixing this is through enormous collective action: holding to account the top 100 companies who together are responsible for 71% of GHG emissions, completely phasing out gasoline-burning vehicles, taxing the hell out of fossil fuels and emissions including methane from industrial farms, powering electric vehicles with renewable/nuclear power, decommissioning coal power plants, investing in dense walkable/bikeable cities and high-quality public transportation, and investing in carbon sequestration tech.

I’m scared and I feel so powerless because of the sheer scale of the problem, and how a lot of people don’t even believe in the problem. It’s paralysing me.

[shawnb576]

Yes that’s roughly what needs to happen, and it’s a policy issue. It’s great to ride a bike to work, eat less meat, and switch to LEDs but it won’t make a dent.

It requires scale which requires policy which requires political action which requires activism and voting.

It’s a long road, it doesn’t look hopeful.

But that’s it.

[hirundo]

> I’m scared and I feel so powerless because of the sheer scale of the problem.

Imagine you had the power, but the price was correspondingly high. Would you consider the Thanos option if you had his magic glove? Snap your fingers and X% of people turn painlessly to dust? If so, what should X be? If not, wouldn't you be passing on an opportunity to extend our species' survival, and many others? Is Thanos a hero or villain?