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I planted 3 trees this week and have been making biochar in winter when fire restrictions are lifted.

I've moved to stainless steel for basically everything. Including plates, bowels, cups, etc. So no more microplastics there at least. I've tried to find environmentally friendly soap and detergents where feasible.

I started cooking bulk slow cook meals at home to reduce waste in my food, i got energy efficient everything. My dishwasher, washing machine and dryer (heat pump dryer) are near the top of ESR. I installed solar ( self consumption not grid tie) and in the summer with my batteries can almost meet 100% of my power needs. Winter varies but can sometimes still offset 60% i also use heatpump hot water and room heating. All my lighting is custom high efficiency led strip lights running on the 48v if the solar batteries directly.

I drive a tiny smart fortwo which as far as I can tell is one of the least polluting non-hybrid vehicles the road, I would like to eventually get an electric car to compliment my solar but that's a purchase for later. I feel as though I've done all that I can do without unreasonably disrupting my life I just feel sad knowing that it's basically worthless in the grand scheme of how much companies are polluting

Absolutely. It's never too late to keep trying and every little helps:

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2023/06/too-late-climate-crisis-myth/

https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/can-we-stop-climate-change

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/its-never-too-late-to-take-climate-action/#%3A%7E%3Atext=Scientists+warn+that+we+are%2Cthe+planet+past+these+limits

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240206-hannah-ritchie-sustainability-data-spreads-hope-not-doomism

https://plana.earth/academy/is-it-too-late-for-our-planet

Doomerism achieves nothing, it's not helpful: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23622511/climate-doomerism-optimism-progress-environmentalism

And pessimism isn't realism: https://medium.com/the-ascent/the-magic-that-happens-when-we-stop-equating-pessimism-with-realism-9480a5481540

And individual actions make more of a difference than you might think: https://theconversation.com/climate-change-yes-your-individual-action-does-make-a-difference-115169

Finally don't get addicted to doomscrolling, it's bad for your physical and mental health: https://www.ramsaymentalhealth.com.au/en/resources-support/addicted-to-bad-news/

So here are some positive climate stories to motivate and improve your day:

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/category/news/earth/

https://www.positive.news/category/environment/

I'd like to point out that "do what you can" doesn't even necessarily mean trying to prevent or impede climate change directly. It can also mean building community and providing comfort and protection from the worst effects of climate change to the people you care about.

I’d classify myself as a “reluctant doomer”. I try to minimize my environmental impact and encourage others to do the same, but privately, I think we’re fucked. I act like my assumptions are wrong, though. I hope I am.

I'm doing what I can, and encourage others to do the same cuz why not; but also under no illusion that our efforts are going to even delay our extinction by a meaningful amount.

We're at the mercy of some miracle-tier scientific breakthroughs, or literal divine/extraterrestrial intervention. There's a shred of hope in the former, but realistically, we're fucked.

Precisely my point. Even if recycling is a corporate propaganda to shift blame to consumers and the majority of plastics do not get recycled, or that saving water is a drop in the bucket compared to the amount of water lost to pipe leaks, it is still better than doing nothing.

Would these doomers have preferred if they had done nothing at all?

I just want people to go vegan because it's so easy, healthy and the right thing to do if you dare to look at it. Simply the most powerful powermove any random chad can do instantly.

Doing what I can still basically feels like doing nothing anyway. Like when you finish a mission in Helldivers and it shows how much your team contributed to the total effort.

The tare machine: "You have used a reusable bag for a decade and recycled every recyclable object you bought after using it until it was unuable. You have decreased the effect of climate change by 0.00000000125%."

Me: Yay! I'm helping! 🥹

What if I’m both, I do everything possible but I know it’s futile and we’re fucked. All my efforts i make in my life can be undone by a billionaire on one weekend trip to Europe.

Nihilism is pointless. Pick up the slack pessimists.

the balls needed to blow up the necessary pipelines are heavier than your mother

Idk, people who were safe in western states called me a doomer and got mad at me for my sadness being unproductive while a hurricane killing people and flattening neighboring towns. No one is an effective activist 100% of the time, maybe let people grieve for five seconds.