Solutions that cannot be implemented in the real world are not solutions to real problems. They are fantasy; they are fiction.

Anyone who suggests that broad swaths of the population "change their lifestyle" as the solution to ANYTHING is entirely out of touch with reality. It is not a solution. It is fantasy. It is a delusion. Because it is IMPOSSIBLE, that is not how humans work.

It's hard to believe that the proposal of lifestyle changes as a solution is still being suggested in 2024. It's time we stop considering it as a viable solution, as history has shown us that it's not. People, by nature, are not that unified or altruistic and will not change their fundamental lifestyle "just because".

The longer we pretend that "lifestyle" changes are some solution to anything, the longer we can avoid doing the hard work of creating actual, real, workable, tangible solutions through legislation and technology.

Congratulations. You can feel good because you know the solutions. If only the rest of the world would get on board and be as smart as you. But oh well, the world is not that smart. Everyone is so stupid that they don't see the brilliance of the solution. Yep, so that's it: "There are no more solutions." No one could think of anything else. These are the ONLY solutions possible. Yep, and it's too late, so we all might as well just give up.

"Environmental" and "peace movements" are not being suppressed; they are being ignored because they have nothing new or valuable to say. These movements have been around for decades, and they did accomplish some worthwhile things working through the "governments and big business" that you bemoan. Still, when they try to work outside those frameworks and affect lifestyle changes, they fall flat because those leaders have delusional beliefs about how humans work.

You think you are doing good by writing articles like this, but they are doing nothing. You write about the number of people "yelling from the rooftops" and nobody listening, but before you become just another voice yelling into space, maybe you should think about why no one is listening. No one is listening to these people because the things they say are not practical in any conceivable way. We've known the worthlessness of these ideas for decades. The only useful value these ideas have is to the individual spouting them and the person nodding along to them to make themselves feel better as if they have uncovered some truth that the rest of the world is somehow blind to and to help alleviate their existential dread. Funny, just like conspiracy theories.

I remember your original article. It was full of fundamental misunderstandings and misinformation about climate change. You didn't even do the most basic research about how the Sahara desert formed. This article is no different. It is full of hype and fear-mongering but little substance.

I also remember your earlier article quoting Peter Carter. Quoting someone who is also delusional does not add bona finds to your argument since he also somehow thinks that the remaining 95% of the planet's population will stop eating meat. Again, this is not a practical solution to anything. Human beings are omnivores. That's evolution and biology. It will never happen that 7.5 billion people stop eating meat. And he knows it, and you should, too. So stop pretending it is an actual solution to anything because it is not. People who cling to clearly fictional beliefs as if they are somehow real are delusional.

If we can propose fiction to solve problems, we can imagine any ridiculous solution we want. It would be just as practical to proclaim that we should kill 6 billion people to solve the problem or ship them to Mars. Hell, why stop there? Why not just kill off 8 billion people and leave the planet empty?

You like to point out all the ridiculous beliefs of expansionists, warmongers, religious zealots, etc., but, at the same time, you fail to recognize your own delusional beliefs that are not practical.

You say there is "no shortage of solutions," but what you should say is there is "no shortage of imagination for the impractical." Because proposing "solutions" that are not real solutions to real problems is not proposing solutions at all. It's pretending, which is what children do when they are scared to make themselves feel better.

Do you want to know why no one is listening to these ideas? Because they are worthless, and there is much better fiction available.

This, again, is why Andrew McIntyre said, "Lots of interesting information most informed folk know, but not sure what your point is. And you do not provide any thoughtful or meaningful solutions. Or the empire of which you speak. Wish I had my four minutes back."

I suspect you did not fully quote him because it pointed out another very obvious failure of that article which is that it was vague and imprecise about what it was even talking about and didn't particularly make any point beyond being clickbait doom-and-gloom-porn.