Take it from me, a scientist: yes, things are dire, and yes, it’s because humans have burned fossil fuels and burned forests — scientists agree on this. To be clear, most of the blame for this climate crisis goes to the greedy fossil fuel executives and big agriculture executives, their greenwashing PR firms, and the politicians in their pockets. But each of us deserve some blame too because we are letting it happen. We are going about our lives while powerful people set our future on fire.