I can relate to that feeling of isolation. I partially blame the so called social media for this and of course what we all had to go through for the past few years.

Many of us live in a bubble of consumerism, because we have been led to believe that owning shiny things are what life is all about. Owning a huge SUV is a status symbol where I stay. You made it in life if you drive one of those and it needs to be presented on social media, just so everyone can see your achievement and be envious.

I feel helpless too, when I look at what is going on. Let's look at already established industries that have such a lot of leverage in politics. Look at the petrol industry which does not seem interested in alternative ways besides a combustion engine powered by fossil fuels, because they invested too much into their ways of doing things to change. They are stuck in the "business as usual" mode and they would loose a lot by changing their ways.

Did you know that they knew about the risk of rising sea levels in the 70s already and therefore built their oil platforms accordingly? They made sure that the platform is sufficiently high enough above sea level. This is mind-boggling to me. They knew about the risk of doing something, but they still did it anyways just to build personal wealth and power. Now this industry is so strong that it prevents others from establishing more sustainable technologies. At least this is how it seems to me and it makes me feel helpless. It seems like I can not win against a massive organization like the petrol industry. And after all too much of our way of life is based on petrol driven technologies, so we are all in it to a certain extent.

However I decided to become more active in doing my part. Things need to change and I am really ready to play a role in this.