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The increase in fossil fuel usage has always correlated super heavily with increases in population, which makes sense because we use these fuels to sustain human life. However, it's important to note that the rate of increase in fossil fuel usage has actually slowed down relative to the rate of increase in population.
It's also wrong to suggest nothing is being done about climate change, it's not all doom and gloom. North American loggers are heavily focused on reforestation and as a result the number of trees is 130% what it was 100 years ago.
Farmers are very focused on soil health and the amount of arable land has increased which is a massive environmental win. They are also naturally inclined to make more efficient use of their fuel since they pay for it themselves: The GPS and EZ Steer technology alone reduced fuel cost for farmers and emissions immensely.
There's also been a lot of progress in nuclear energy, and we're far closer to implementing safe modular reactors than we've ever been before, which will be a massive step forward in getting out of coal energy