I think it is mainly the fact that we have been shouting this from the rooftops for years, and all we got was ridicule.

And now, suddenly, when they realise they are also fucked, we are expected to be the bigger person.

These are the same people who always had a “what about…” ready. The same people who never wanted to sacrifice anything or make hard choices. No, they needed the bigger car, the cheap flights, the endless convenience, and they laughed while others tried to go net zero.

“It is pointless anyway, because big industry are the real polluters,” they said, as if that excused doing absolutely nothing.

I do not fear what is coming for me. I fear what is coming for my children because of years of selfish, egocentric people refusing to think about what they were doing to everything around them.

So yes, I understand the point about not making it scarier for people to change their worldview. But I am not going to pretend it does not matter how much damage was done while they mocked the people who saw it coming.

Do you have any sources? I would love to read about this.

I usually just put the cursor behind the last word on the previous page, hold shift and click just at the end of the white space. Then press delete. Usually works.