The author of this leader manages to combine an exceptional degree of insight, into the self-interests of those demanding action on climate change (even environmentalists have niches and livings to justify and defend) and that "no one would [knowingly] condemn his grandchildren to extinction simply to suck up to ExxonMobil", with an equally exceptional degree of blindness and denial.

 

We are ALL completely immersed in, familiar with and dependent on the "existing" socio-economic order (i.e. our economy and way of life). The first two circumstances make any objective assessment (and be it o' so scientific) extremely difficult. But if such an objective assessment were achieved and revealed the need for rapid, radical (i.e. revolutionary) change to our economy and way of life, in order to avoid catastrophe for our grandchildren, our current complete dependency on and massive vested interests in it would make it extremely difficult to accept. Thus I explain the author's blindness and denial and implore him/her to reconsider the evidence.