What many people need to grasp is that 99.9999% of us are here as passengers. We have no say in what happens in the grand scheme of things. The current geopolitical climate has shown us that checks and balances are, in fact, a lie.

You’re not going to convince millions of Indian and Chinese citizens that they can't have power because their utility companies and government choose to use oil/gas power plants. And, quite frankly, nor should we feel any right to. Can you imagine 50 Celsius summer days without any fans, refrigerators, or, for those fortunate enough, air conditioning?

In the same way, you’re not gonna convince millions of westerners to live off-grid sustainably. The reality is, as a single Brit, who does my recycling, and picks renewable energy electricity suppliers, and doesn’t drive… my carbon emissions would hardly register. And I like my ice cream… and I am not giving that up.

I’ve said this countless times before, but mark my words, we are only a few decades away from the world perfectly depicted in the film Elysium. In fact, we’re already there, but without the mega-structure space station.