Why We Are Not in a Climate Change Existential Crisis?

Climate extremists have taken to claiming that the forever and constantly Changing Climate is an Existential Crisis. What is an existential crisis? This term comes from psychology or philosophy, not environmental science. An existential crisis is when you’re overcome with panic or dread about your place in the world or your purpose in the universe. Health Line, https://www.healthline.com/health/existential-crisis defines it as persons experiencing "...negative emotions can lead to deep despair, causing them to question their place in life. This is known as an existential crisis." Clearly these climate extremist mean and existential threat. A September 2019 National Review article, https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/climate-change-excuse-democrats-transform-economy/ quoted and explained the reality of several Democrat candidates for President: "...many of the Democratic candidates insisted that life on earth was at stake. Warren said climate change is an “existential threat” that “threatens all life on this planet.” According to Senator Bernie Sanders, “We are dealing with what the scientists call an existential threat to this planet, and we must respond aggressively; we must listen to the scientists. That is what our plan does.” That’s not true. Our quality of life on earth might be threatened, but our existence isn’t. Now, of course, something can come up far short of an extinction-level event and still be really, really bad. But the idea that all life on this planet is in jeopardy if America doesn’t wean itself from fossil fuels is just hyperbole. And even if America did exactly that, there’s little reason to believe the rest of the world would follow suit. Still, if we take them literally, not just seriously, they’re saying we’re doomed if we don’t implement some version of the Green New Deal — a sweeping, wildly expensive hodgepodge of proposals first unveiled by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, that aims to eliminate carbon emissions inside of twelve years." Those climate extremists believing we are in an existential threat from climate change may actually be in a existential crisis, but they would be wrong about the impacts of climate change on man's continued existence. What it takes for these extremists to misunderstand the impacts of climate change is fodder for another future article, but rest assured it is centered in psychological and not physical science.

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