But we don't have the resources to build up enough batteries and windmills without destroying the climate doing it.
The ecological and climate situation is absolutely cataclysmic. Rich people from rich country are far-removed enough from down-to-earth reality to minimize it most of the time, but the truth is that current trends are not only unsustainable but must be reversed as soon and as fast as possible.
We're falling towards the ground and accelerating, but as long as we haven't hit the ground we still believe everything's fine and someone will pop a parachute out in time. But all we have are handkerchiefs.
I'll remind you that the "climate goals" from the Paris agreement are 1° much too low to actually "save the climate" but at the same time 2° we're far from attaining them!
I'll tell you what "serious environmentalism" is:
Actually you, we, I, everybody should be terrified of the current situation. Planetary collapse is about to occur about any moment now, but the orchestra's still playing on the upper deck. If you haven't trouble finding sleep about climate and mass extinction at night, then you're probably not having a good grasp of what's happening.
It's the heart of winter here and fruit trees are blossoming. There isn't any snow in any ski resorts under 2000m in the Alps; they're hauling snow with helicopters ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEuTKMkgY6A ) because it's not even cold enough at night for "snow guns" to work. I'm out there in t-shirt while it should be freezing. It's been the same temperature in Scandinavia last week as is normal in June. Half of the "non-return" points have been reach 40 years sooner than expected in the worst scenarios. 60% of wild animals worldwide have died. 65% to 80% of insects have disappeared in Europe. 88% of freshwater fish worldwide. Only 20% of land worldwide haven't been negatively impacted by human activities yet.