I’ve accepted that our parachute is tangled and the reserve chute isn’t releasing. We are plummeting at terminal velocity and there is absolutely nothing to be done but enjoy the feeling of zero gravity, appreciate the sensations of life, and accept that we all die regardless.
Accept it and make the best of the short time that is left to us.
> This is really pushing people, including myself, away from caring at all about this issue.
That is, at best, a childish reaction and, at worst, a sign of oppositional behaviour disorder.
Think about it. Virtually every climatologist is in unified agreement — a rarity among scientists — that extremely difficult climate conditions are going to cause extreme suffering and upheaval. Just the crop failures alone will force mass migration and, inevitably, mass conflict.
But because some kid half a world away engaged in hyperbole, you reject it all. “I just don’t care any more, because «100’s of k’s of scientists and experts» didn’t put her in her place.”