> I don't like the "our race" generalisation, , not when there's so many people committed to reducing carbon emissions and what-have-you...
From my perspective, on the whole, there are much less people who are providing even part of a solution than there are who are contributing to the problem. The race as a whole has an extremely negative impact on the planet and its co-habiting species. I am extremely indebted to those who have devoted their lives to finding solutions to this problem, but they seem to me very much the minority.
> There's also still some establishments that keep the economy and power grid going, but they'll be gone within 50 years if this keeps up. There's also rising economies that don't give a fuck because they're trying to catch up with the rest of the world.
Yup. Most of the major governments around the world and the largest corporations. Many of the rising economies are in this positing due to the selfishness of the historical actions of the leaders of countries with strong economies.
> So yeah, I guess I take offense to blaming everyone. I see this "baw humanity sucks" far too much..
Well, it think it is the majorities fault at the moment. Yes its not a productive viewpoint, but an accurate one.
> that's both insulting to yourself (do you suck? are you causing climate change?) and to those that try and make things better for all of us.
"suck" is your wording, but yes I am selfish in terms of my environmental impact, much like the average person in any developed nation. I engage in activities which have negative effects on the environment without balancing these effects. From the thousands of people I have met in my life, I cant think of one who has a positive net effect on the environment - hence, people are stupid, including me :p