Too many people have become extreme and cynical. On X the Act party posts that they are in favor of energy companies using carbon capture to reduce emissions, and people respond with things like "is this satire?" and "you were voted in to turn the fossil fuel economy back on" (possibly satire) and that it is a "greenwashing scam": https://twitter.com/actparty/status/1760201664932503622

One side (the right) says it doesn't work. But energy companies are paying for this out of their own pockets, it's not public money. And why would a company install something that doesn't work? The left says it will extend the fossil fuel problem and that the only solution is to stop using fossil fuels entirely. But IMHO Act has it right. Steer a middle course. Charge for carbon emissions. Let companies try to limit those fees in anyway they can.

I for one am energized. Bitcoin and nostr are on track, unstoppable, and making the world better. Act is in power in NZ and fixing a lot of problems my country has. Global warming is being addressed by every country, emissions are reducing, and we don't have to take extreme measures for this to happen. World War 3 has not escalated into nuclear catastrophe and is extremely unlikely to do so. Technology is getting better and better and people throughout the world are getting richer and richer.

We focus far too much on what is wrong. It is important to do that, so that we can fix those things. But if we focus too long and become cynics, that paralyzes us into doing nothing. In that case, focus on what is right.