Yes, I am a very strong person, and I know that. But I have known about climate change since 1970, and I written about it endlessly for some 15 years.

The bottom line is that people were too involved with their own lives to care about it, and one of the really interesting facts about a lot of mental illness (not all of them) is a common denominator of self-involvement.

My strength probably comes from the fact that I have never been interested in myself and what I can get. My life long focus has been the greater good.