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A defeatest attitude only makes things worse faster.
False optimism is as toxic as unjustified defeatism. Be realistic.
Being realistic would be pessimistic in this case.
The science clearly says we're already fucked. We'd not only have to reach zero emissions but actively start removing previous emissions from the atmosphere.
Afaik no one's even trying on the second part.