No, not pessimism, or optimism, but realism. If we want a greener world, a less exploitative world, a fairer world, then us fat westerners (apart from the rich) are going to have to have less stuff and worse lives. That could be in the next Labour manifesto.
So would I, but seriously looking at: “positive feedback loops”, idiotic leadership e.g. Trump desperately wanting to increase fossil fuel production, India increasing such, a refusal by the majority to cut back on unnecessary consumption, an apparent increase in “climate sceptics”, the continuing obsession with growth, the continuing destruction of the rainforest, etc, etc.
I’ve studied this to degree level I have some idea
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