We might be at a point where even climate experts will say it: We’re fucked.
In light of this, it makes sense that more and more people are going full on doomer. But climate scientists, thick in the muck of the data that tells us things are getting worse and worse, have historically also been some of the more optimistic voices emphasizing that it’s not too late for us to act.
In fact, the doomer label might really just be a matter of perspective, even when it comes to to problems that are putting us on that proverbial highway to climate hell. “There is no doomerism, simply realism,” said Bill McGuire, a climate scientist at University College London, and author of. ”A 1.5 degree C global average temperature rise is rightly equated with the dangerous climate change guardrail.
Much of doomer discourse could also be seen as an evolution from climate misinformation into another cynical way to create excuses for ravaging the Earth. After all, if everything is hopeless and there’s no point, whyThe risk is that if people really feel like there's nothing to be done, and we're already on the ‘highway to hell,’ then what's the point of doing anything? Just let it all burn it all, baby.This can create a sense of complacency.
If you talk to any climate scientist, though, most of them will tell you while things can most certainly get worst, there is still a lot of runway to avoid complete and utter disaster. In fact, doomer messaging obfuscates the reality that we can do something about this—but we all have to do it together. If we fall prey to doomerism, then we might let everything burn down for no good reason at all.
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