We've lost the climate change battle. We learned earlier this year what we all deep down already knew, that we're not going to keep global warming below 2 degrees celsius. Worse, we don't know just how far this will go. The most optimistic estimates say China's CO2 emissions won't peaks for a couple of decades. There isn't much political will in the US to move things forward. Is India the next big country to demand massive amounts of fossil fuels?
Despite all the growing evidence that we are already well into irreversible climate change, many people have no idea what's going on. Many people think it just means polar bears will disappear, and that we'll have some sea level change. They don't realize that as we keep up our dependence on fossil fuels, the change grows worse and worse, endangering far more than we realize. Our ability for survial is very comprimised. I've read newspaper articles recently here in the NW that bemoan the possible loss of skiing and salmon. I'm more worried about how we're going to feed ourselves. There will be massive death this century. The question is just how widespread it will be. I'm looking at my two kids right now, and I am terrified for them.
With no end in sight, just what exactly is the endgame here? I want to be optimistic, but I'm worried that by 2100, there won't be much of a world left.
Whats the global warming endgame? I've no doubt we'll survive as a species, but is there anyway we come out of this with civilization intact? Unfortunately, I'm quite pessimistic on that possiblity right now.