I'm sorry, but this point of view is getting so tiresome. It seems clever to say we can't "fix" climate change, nothing we do matters, so just "accept collapse," "enjoy your time," etc. But of course we can't fix it. No one sane thinks we can fix, stop, or solve climate change.

Perhaps you're having an argument with the few techno-optimists who believe in some dramatic turnaround through drawdown, re-sequestration or CDR, other geoengineering, etc.

Let's leave them aside.

The real question is whether or not we can mitigate, and the answer is a resounding YES. Thinking in terms of fixing or solving distracts us from the reality that our actions affect the lives of other people. Particularly those less fortunate. Every .1 degree C above pre-industrial levels exposes 140 million people to extreme heat, according to a recent study. It's only a matter of time before AI, perhaps, gets even more specific with culpability, and calculates that each time you fly, you kill two people from extreme heat, drought, or flooding (for example).

But why wait? Why not make the moral choice now? That's really the only message we need to be spreading. Not "have fun, don't worry, we're all just stardust." Yeah, no shit. Nothing on a geologic or cosmic time frame means anything, but it sure means something right now to the families of 2,000 people buried under a mountainslide in Papua New Guinea, or drowning in floods in Pakistan, or dying from heat stroke in Bangladesh.

If there's a hopeful message, it's encouraging people that it's possible to make changes for the better in their lives, environmentally, without sacrificing stability in their family or personal life. And that we can work together in our communities to also be more efficient and adaptive to what's happening. Let's focus on that.