I will look into your sources, thanks for that. I always enjoy reading more on these topics.
I think you are reading too much into my hyperbolic statements. Probably my fault. I'm not saying we shouldn't do something about our impact on the planet. We absolutely should. Reducing suffering is a worthy goal. Also pretty much all the issues you've brought up, including all effects of climate change, speaking of the acceleration over the last 70 years, trend almost exactly with hugely accelerating human population. This drives increases in energy demand and consumption, as well as increased deforestation and urbanization, among many many other problems. The problem is much bigger than just reducing use of fossil fuels, and we really need to start thinking about other solutions because the biggest polluters refuse to play along, which unfortunately includes America.
Don't get my wrong, we need to fix this stuff somehow. I just don't buy into the apocalyptic doomsday scenarios. And from other articles I've read, neither do many of the climate scientists. I think panic-mongering is counterproductive to really getting stuff done.