Given recent reports, and just a feel for general attitudes, I feel that we've gone from "we should do something" to "whelp, looks like it's going to get a little rough", especially at the governmental level. As TFA points out, there's not much we can do at an individual level that will make a whole lot of difference (no, your Tesla isn't going to save the polar bears, and neither is my Leaf). Vote? Eh, maybe. If the recent IPCC report is anywhere near the truth, what chance does a politician stand if they promise to do what's needed? A snowball's chance in...well, Fairbanks in about thirty years.

So on the one hand, I've been trying to do without driving when I can (not as much as I should), avoid flying, recycle my shit even back when I had to pay for the privilege, all the hippy stuff I'm supposed to do to "preserve Mother Earth". But to what end? Looks like I'm getting the losing end of this game theory/prisoner's dilemma experiment. I'm old (gettin' there, anyway), and we don't have kids. Won't be my problem, or the problem of anyone I care about. So the other side of me wants to say, "fuck it", turn the heat up, and quit worrying so much about the environmental impact of our RV.