> You can feel absolutely devastated about the situation and not assume this predicts outcome; you can have your feelings and can still chase down facts from reliable sources, and the facts tell us that the general public is not the problem; the fossil fuel industry and other vested interests are; that we have the solutions, that we know what to do, and that the obstacles are political; that when we fight we sometimes win; and that we are deciding the future now.<p>Nice article.
>(69%) favor the U.S. taking steps to become carbon neutral by 2050<p>Sounds great until you try and encourage any of these midwits to commute by bicycle, cut down on meat, or localize their vacations. Then the excuses and blame shifting begins.<p>Climate change is not news. We've all had our entire lives to make sensible lifestyle choices in this regard, but the practical intention just isn't there in any meaningful capacity, neither as individuals or as a group. Until it is, consider me a doomer.