This is a sad, but necessary read. So often when I talk with climate scientists they tell me that they are reluctant to disclose all that they have learned because they don't want people to lose hope. nytimes.com/2021/05/14/opi…
To be clear, don't lose hope! This is a massive challenge that will require all of us working together. Promising nothing more than blood, toil, tears and sweat should never be cause for giving up.
But do know that in a world informed only by facts, the debate would be about how to maintain optimism in the face of terrible odds. How to be inspired to exceed ourselves. And we would succeed.
The fact that we are not yet doing enough, that we are still constrained by what is politically possible rather than aspiring to do what is scientifically necessary is the result of 30 years of scientific denial. Let's make yesterday the last day for that.
Onward, into the breach, dear friends.
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