This is why things like pesticides, microplastics, and those kinds of things keep me up at night more than CO2 emissions from hydrocarbons. Extinction-level stuff starting from the base. There’s way more CO2 in the soil, plants and animals, and oceans than the atmosphere. Maximizing those things can be way more powerful than minimizing CO2 emissions.

So all I can really do is draw from existing scientific literature, and my conclusion is that I’m a preservationist in many ways (protect forests, waters, etc) rather than someone who is particularly concerned about hydrocarbons.