those are good links and I did already have an understanding that there will be colossal damage to coastal cities like houston etc that will most likely cost trillions in the long run. and yes, beautiful natural ecosystems that we don't even inhabit will be affected through wildfires or what have you. my idea of "terrible" circumstances would be a complete worldwide cataclysm not a partial one - ie we literally can't produce food anymore or something similar. so yes, my wording sucked as my idea of terrible is definitely not the same as most
most of my opinion is coming from the fact that we can't stop this at this point (and maybe a little bit to do with the crazy amount of injustices going on in this world besides global warming, it's hard to take anything seriously)
i've been browsing a few too many imageboards nowadays so i've felt maybe a little too jaded for my optimism on the issue to really show - but yeah, in an age where we are beginning to see feasible solutions to the problems we have, I personally don't want to feel like a victim of fearmongering