Fucking christ. I live in a trailer park in nowhere Alabama. I can't afford to make changes. But I do believe in climate change and do whatever little I can. I recycle and use very little energy. I don't buy excessively. I don't drive but walk everywhere. Never been on a plane. Etc. That's all I can do. Most others can't even do that. Most people in my state definitely because there's no resources to do so. I just happen to live near a wealthy tourist town.

And no, I'm not confused. You are. Nobody is asking the fucking papers to work magic, they're asking the governments to read the fucking scientific papers and stop bending backwards to old energy corporations. At the least, build renewable energy infrastructure and start phasing out coal/gas. The biggest change HAS to be them because they have the power to make the biggest changes, dumbass.

I don't think you're stupid. I just think you're ignorant of what exactly the world is actually like. You can't even wrap your fucking brain around thwt most people on this planet can barely afford rent with enough to buy food while one of my local politicians spent 4 million in tax dollars rebuilding a government owned beach house for private use and gave away state protected land to a Hilton.