What should we do about it?
Use alternate energy sources. This will encourage their development.
Boycott goods and services that are carbon intensive. This will discourage their ongoing use.
Vote against politicians who encourage poor environmental practices.
Heck, plant a tree.
Not sure this answers the question when looking from the context of the article. It’s basically making the argument that we’re already fucked. Maybe everyone goes renewable and plants a tree over the next 20 years. Still fucked, just less fucked, or fucked a little further out.
Not sure anyone has come up with any risk mitigation here. Especially not as it would relate to someone personally who plans on retiring early. Maybe you use a more conservative withdrawal rate. Buy some farmland in Minnesota. Make your house incredibly energy efficient. Have a big garden. Plant trees around your home for shade. Live near a large body of freshwater.
I know I haven’t planned on those things. Maybe I should. Maybe I’m already in a good position.
But I’ve been asking the same questions. Based on the context of the article, what can or are you doing about it? Not asking rhetorically. I’d like to hear some ideas.
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Ideas for personal risk mitigation, which is what it sounds like you want:
-All the ones you gave
-All the ones
@scottish gave
-Build community connections (shared resources are more efficient now, reducing the problem; they are great for surviving emergencies. Not perfect, but great)
-Choose diversified portfolio options
-Develop skills (cooking, that garden, bicycling, repair skills. Health skills, like the last video suggested), especially ones that work if there's a grid breakdown
-Develop a low-driving lifestyle
(I have done most of the above except move and develop wide skills. Probably not going to move. Researched my city's water plans and concluded they'll work during my lifetime)
Ideas for addressing the problem on a wider scale (I think this is super important...the crisis can be Mostly Solved or Mostly Allowed To Happen, the difference between options is huge.)
-Yes, lobby Congress. See post upthread about the Carbond Dividend Act. (For convenience:
https://citizensclimatelobby.org/energy-innovation-and-carbon-dividend-act/ and click the "Write A Letter" button)
-Work with others (local groups, political groups, community farming groups, Citizens Climate Lobby, Extinction Rebellion, Sierra Club, etc)
-Lobby state, local, regional officials. Find groups with climate plans for your area and support them
-Politics. Mobilization counts. Volunteer and donate to candidate campaigns or party development.
-Donate to groups that circulate real info about the problem and work on solutions (Union of Concerned Scientists, etc)
-Donate to groups that support govt whistleblowers (Government Accountability Project, Transparency International)
I have done most of the above, and am continuing with them while working towards the rest. It's OK to focus, I just will end up covering the whole public service list if my personal Angel of Death leaves me be for a while.