Gradual Disempowerment

Where did I mention green energy sources? As it happens, I share your skepticism. No, the solution is far more painful than putting up a few solar panels or a wind turbine. Which is why we're basically doomed. Most people -- like yourself -- are not going to willing inconvenience themselves, much less make major sacrifices, in order to save the planet's current ecosystems. (I count myself in that group, too, sitting comfortably at my desk typing on a computer, in a room with electricity and warmth in the middle of winter.) At this point in our energy dependence stage, with a population of 8 billion people, we're effectively locked in to our trajectory. Stopping our use of oil, coal and our consumption of resources would be result in catastrophic financial and logistics upheaval. Few people choose to do that voluntarily, so we'll all just wait until it falls down on its own.