Agreed! Doomerism is toxic and a self-fulfilling prophecy.

This century is already witnessing the beginning of the coming planet-wide ecological catastrophe/collapse. It's going to get much worse before it gets better, not to mention the geopolitical ramifications of it all with unprecedented waves of climate refugees just as one example.

I don't really expect Solarpunk fiction to be the major catalyst for changing people's minds. Sadly, I just expect that things will start getting so bad in certain areas that dealing with these issues will be unavoidable for survival reasons. I wish we could, as a civilization, be more proactive instead of reactive, but unfortunately...

Anyway, even if, for argument's sake, a truly "Solarpunk" Earth is unattainable for whatever reason(s), we still have no choice. We have no choice but to work towards it and shoot for something that isn't a total dystopian vision of the future.

I'm laughing too or else I'd have to cry.

Maybe it will be harder to ignore (as a society, I mean. Obviously the Oil Fucks are fully aware of everything) when every community is enduring a different "once-in-a-millenia" weather event every other week. Honestly though, there is so much to say on the matter right now that it's too overwhelming. All I can say is, the wake-up call is obviously coming faster than even the best experts predicted and we are so incredibly unprepared even psychologically for the unprecedented climate catastrophe that is starting to really unfold. Every time we analyze the situation it is alarmingly clear that the situation isn't just "worse than we thought", it's also becoming increasingly unpredictable.

That being said, I refuse to be doomer about it! I don't have the luxury anyway.

I feel you.

I see your point because I also don't think it is necessarily particularly "gay". However, I think The Culture is always mentioned in reference to the FALGSC meme because it is one of the best examples in fiction of such a thing. And with respect to that, I view the adjective "gay" in said context as more-or-less just meaning "not influenced by cishet supremacist thought". Just my opinion though and your mileage may vary!

The Culture

We will find the vandals that did this.

For real though. With the effects and measurements of climate change constantly proving to be far worse than expected, just add infrastructure to the list of the myriad things in our world that will be catastrophically affected in so many unpredictable ways.

I've definitely been aware of that book for a long time but never got around to picking it up. Will be checking it out now! Thanks!

Probably! Thanks for the rec! Kind of forgot about those.

I agree. This technology doesn't exist in a vacuum. This isn't some utopia where a Human artist can just solely focus on creating their art and not worry about financial gain because their survival needs are always guaranteed to be met or whatever.