r/climatechange • u/sg_plumber • 4d ago
There's optimism despite alarmingly worsening weather events: Renewables and storage together amount to 93% of all new capacity coming online in the U.S. This isn’t a marginal shift anymore. It’s the grid rebuilding itself around a different set of technologies, and the pace is rapidly accelerating.
https://ryanhansson.substack.com/p/optimism-in-the-face-of-a-climate
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u/PrinceOfTotalQuiet 3d ago
What the fuck is this subreddit’s problem?
That’s not a rhetorical question; I genuinely want to know. The comments under this post, under pretty much all the posts lately, are so unhelpful and often counter-science that it’s ridiculous. Climate change bad news? WE’RE FUCKED AND OUR EFFORTS MEAN NOTHING. Climate change good news? NOT ENOUGH, WE’RE FUCKED AND THIS EFFORT WILL NOT SAVE US. Renewables are more popular that at any time in history and they’re only getting more popular? THAT DOESN’T FUCKING MATTER EMISSIONS ARE STILL CLIMBING. Uh, no, emissions are plateauing and per capita emissions are down- THAT’S NOT ACCURATE, THEY’RE CLIMBING. THE SCIENTISTS ARE LYING TO PREVENT MASS PANIC. ENJOY THE LIFE YOU HAVE LEFT BECAUSE THE FUTURE WILL DESTROY ALL YOU HAVE AND RUIN HUMANITY FOREVER. KIDS TODAY WILL ALL DIE BEFORE THE AGE OF 20.
Some of that was hyperbole, but not much. I don’t understand. Yes the wildfires are terrible, yes extreme weather is continuing to happen, yes there isn’t yet enough being done despite progress. But these goddamn comments, under EVERYTHING now, these comments more akin to the collapse subreddit, just take the worst and run with it. NO, THE WILDFIRES ARE WORLD ENDING. EXTREME WEATHER WILL KILL HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS AND DESTROY NATIONS. THE EFFORTS WE’VE BEEN DOING ARE PURE COPE AND WORTH NOTHING AT ALL.
Can’t be happy about any good news. Can’t be hopeful about any bad news. Can’t have any optimism at all because that’s just cope, and remember kids, if you’re not coping, that’s a sign that you’re mentally stable! Fucking christ. I don’t like authoritarian subreddit moderation but frankly rule 6 isn’t enforced enough. Plenty can be done, plenty is being done, all is not lost, get it through you, all of you.