Trying to conserve a privileged global position makes change traumatic for the US.

Carbon negative power plants can provide energy while they overcome poverty and change economic values in the right direction.

We know that the warming rising seas will swallow entire island nations that are about 25 percent of the UN vote and perhaps at the end, even our civilization. This realization is traumatic and the first reaction to trauma is denial. Since there is some remaining scientific uncertainty, a natural response is to deny that change is occurring. This is natural but it is very dangerous.

We have to remove the CO2 that the industrial economy has already emitted, which otherwise will remain in the atmosphere for hundreds of years and alter the Earth's climate irreversibly. It is possible to do this.

If nuclear warfare is believed to be somewhat controlled, then climate change is now the greatest threat.

After denial comes anger and finally, acceptance.

Signs of a poorly understood but treatable house fire requires action, not inaction.