By studying the suffix from Latin impetus means "an impulse", so impetuous most likely means a person that acts quickly and without thought or care, by impulse and the heat of the moment.
A suffix, also known as ending, is an affix or morpheme which is attached after the root of a word to form a new word.
Specifically, the suffix <em>-ous </em>is a suffix that forms adjectives which <em>expresses that a certain person or object possesses a given quality</em>. Therefore, by studying this suffix in the word “impetuous”, the reader can determine that such word is an adjective which means <em>possessing great impetus, characterized by sudden actions.</em>
The point of the cartoon is that political people care more about the cost of things. The man agreed that climate change was real and he was thinking about the polar bears, but he didn't beaucse of the cost.
I do not agree with the cartoon. I would be cautious of the cost, while I would still do whatever I can to help.