And yet the carbon dioxide production and oil production and plastic pollution are still rising. Sure, we're not spreading lead like we used to. And it's seeming more likely that 2019 was in fact Peak Oil. But species are still going extinct at a faster rate, due to faster land use change. People just don't care about Palm Oil. Forests are in a substantially worse condition than they were in 1920. Obesity is rising in lab animals, like what's up with that? I mean, for fuck's sake, Greta Thunberg traveled back in time to warn us -- pretending like things are better because the second derivative of pollution is in the right direction is a little optimistic. That is to say, pollution is still getting worse, just less worse than it was.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto