Oh sigh.
>>Forty-five percent (45%) of urban residents think humanity may be wiped out by climate change in 10-15 years.
>>just 10% of voters were aware the Global Climate Strike had been scheduled for last week
Translation: they are panicked beyond all reason and evidence, but are not actually paying any attention. People often call this "soft denialism."
Hard denialism: "global warming isn't happening" or "humans aren't causing global warming."
Soft denialism: "it's too late to do anything. We're all screwed. It's pointless to try."
The idea that we go off a cliff in 10 years is absurd. Most experts say the next few years *are* critical, but that's because we're making infrastructure decisions we will live with for 40-50 years and that will have climate effects for 100 years (it takes many years for the addition of carbon to be felt in terms of warming effects). Civilization doesn't collapse in a roaring fireball in ten years.
So yes, the next 10 years are absolutely critical and yes, if I were Greta Thunberg's age, I would be petrified (at my age, I'm merely worried, but mostly concerned for the next generations).
I think of it as the environmental parallel to the federal deficit and debt. You can keep going and going, but then when you realize that you went too far, the fix is beyond painful.
