The green movement includes «Elves» — Earth Liberation Front radicals who firebomb houses under construction to prevent
their supposed environmental harm (never mind that lumber smoke is a greenhouse gas).
Not exact matches
Because I don't know enough science to debate contrarians scientifically, I usually fall back on:
Suppose the mainstream climate scientists are wrong & the contrarians right, and we act as if the scientists are right, then we have nothing to lose & something to gain in terms of reducing other
environmental harms (acid rain, local pollution), resource depletion, and increasing national security (re oil wars & protection), and lots of money to save from energy / resource efficiency & conservation, and increasing from alternative energy.
Because I don't know enough science to debate contrarians scientifically, I usually fall back on:
Suppose the mainstream climate scientists are wrong & the contrarians right, and we act as if the scientists are right, then we have nothing to lose & something to gain in terms of reducing other
environmental harms (acid rain, local pollution), resource depletion, and increasing national security (re oil wars & protection), and lots of money to save from energy / resource efficiency & conservation, and increasing from alternative energy.