Thanks for the thoughtful piece illustrating our predicament...I wrote a shorter version encapsulating many of the same thoughts just the other day, but tried to put a happy ending on it...at least for the planet. :-)

https://medium.com/@barrett-h-stuart/when-it-comes-to-saving-the-planet-the-good-news-is-the-planet-will-be-fine-c4817241d1e3