Add to this the governments as well. People need to understand the amount of money involved with this scheme. We're talking TRILLIONS of US dollars involved-- a corporatist scheme on a grand level.

Meanwhile, the notion of anthropogenic climate change has not actually been resolved (go ahead and hate me). Whenever there is dissension from the IPCC's view, it receives little to no attention. I'm agnostic or even skeptical on this issue. In the 70's, we were being told that an anthropogenic ice age was approaching but now it's anthropogenic warming. How can the same science lead to diametrically opposed conclusions and still be considered sound. I would argue that politics and money are driving this issue vis-a-vis Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions rather than pure science.

That being said, without a doubt we are harming the environment for our use. We're polluting our water, destroying the soil and all of it's necessary inhabitants, poluting the oceans, etc. If we continue on this path, the earth will shake us off like a case of fleas.

The climate change issue is drawing all of our attention while other immediate issues are being ignored . . . Clean water, meaningful work, equitable energy for developing nations, proper farming (the push for petrochemical use is destroying the soil while producing food lacking in real nutrition), appropriate technology both locally (U.S.) and in developing countries, etc.

All of this relates to our notion of economics which needs to change. Our economics have been based on a false dichotomy between profit and the well being of people both materially and psychologically.